Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 114 - Part II.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Without the Holy Spirit, we cannot understand Jesus. In his
life the presence of God’s Spirit, whom we call the Holy Spirit, was manifest
in a unique way.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 690 a)
Jesus is Christ, "anointed," because the
Spirit is his anointing, and everything that occurs from the Incarnation on
derives from this fullness (Cf. Jn 3:34). When Christ is finally glorified (Jn
7:39), he can in turn send the Spirit from his place with the Father to those
who believe in him: he communicates to them his glory (Cf. Jn 17:22), that is,
the Holy Spirit who glorifies him (Cf.
Jn 16:14). From that time on, this joint mission will be manifested in the
children adopted by the Father in the Body of his Son: the mission of the
Spirit of adoption is to unite them to Christ and make them live in him: The
notion of anointing suggests… that there is no distance between the Son and the
Spirit.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
It was the Holy Spirit
who called Jesus to life in the womb of the Virgin Mary (Mt 1:18), endorsed him
as God’s beloved Son (Lk 4:16-19), guided him (Mk 1:12) and enlivened him to
the end (Jn 19:30). On the Cross, Jesus breathed out his Spirit. After his
Resurrection, he bestowed the Holy Spirit on his disciples (Jn 20:22). At that
the Spirit of Jesus went over to his Church: “As the Father has sent me, even
so I send you” (Jn 20:21).
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 690 b)
Indeed, just as between the surface of the body and
the anointing with oil neither reason nor sensation recognizes any
intermediary, so the contact of the Son with the Spirit is immediate, so that
anyone who would make contact with the Son by faith must first encounter the
oil by contact. In fact there is no part that is not covered by the Holy
Spirit. That is why the confession of the Son's Lordship is made in the Holy
Spirit by those who receive him, the Spirit coming from all sides to those who
approach the Son in faith (St. Gregory of Nyssa, De Spiritu Sancto, 16: PG 45, 1321A-B).
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