Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 116 - Part III.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Already in the Old Covenant God filled men and women with
the Spirit, so that they lifted up their voices for God, spoke in his name, and
prepared the people for the coming of the Messiah.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 687) "No one comprehends the thoughts of God except
the Spirit of God" (Cor 2:11). Now God's Spirit, who reveals God, makes
known to us Christ, his Word, his living Utterance, but the Spirit does not
speak of himself. The Spirit who "has spoken through the prophets" makes
us hear the Father's Word, but we do not hear the Spirit himself. We know him
only in the movement by which he reveals the Word to us and disposes us to
welcome him in faith. The Spirit of truth who "unveils" Christ to us
"will not speak on his own" (Jn 16:13). Such properly divine
self-effacement explains why "the world cannot receive [him], because it
neither sees him nor knows him," while those who believe in Christ know
the Spirit because he dwells with them (Jn 14:17).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
In the Old Covenant God
sought out men and women who were willing to let him use them to console, lead,
and admonish his people. It was the Spirit of God who spoke through the mouth
of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and other prophets. John the Baptist, the last of
these prophets, not only foresaw the coming of the Messiah. He also met him and
proclaimed him as the liberator from the power of sin.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 688) The Church, a communion living in the faith of the
apostles which she transmits, is the place where we know the Holy Spirit: - in
the Scriptures he inspired; - in the Tradition, to which the Church Fathers are
always timely witnesses; - in the Church's Magisterium, which he assists; - in
the sacramental liturgy, through its words and symbols, in which the Holy
Spirit puts us into communion with Christ; - in prayer, wherein he intercedes
for us; - in the charisms and ministries by which the Church is built up; - in
the signs of apostolic and missionary life; - in the witness of saints through
whom he manifests his holiness and continues the work of salvation.
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