YOUCAT Question n. 116 - Part IV. What does it mean to say that the Holy Spirit has “spoken through the prophets”?
(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 715)
The prophetic texts that directly concern the sending of the Holy Spirit are
oracles by which God speaks to the heart of his people in the language of the
promise, with the accents of "love and fidelity" (Cf. Ezek 11:19;
36:25-28; 37:1-14; Jer 31:31-34; and cf. Joel 3:1-5). St. Peter will proclaim
their fulfillment on the morning of Pentecost (Cf. Acts 2:17-21). According to
these promises, at the "end time" the Lord's Spirit will renew the
hearts of men, engraving a new law in them. He will gather and reconcile the
scattered and divided peoples; he will transform the first creation, and God
will dwell there with men in peace.
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 243)
Before his Passover, Jesus announced the sending of "another
Paraclete" (Advocate), the Holy Spirit. At work since creation, having
previously "spoken through the prophets", the Spirit will now be with
and in the disciples, to teach them and guide them "into all the
truth" (Cf. Gen 1:2; Nicene Creed (DS 150); Jn 14:17, 26; 16:13). The Holy
Spirit is thus revealed as another divine person with Jesus and the Father.
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