Comments for Third Person at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sun, 26 May 2013 03:23:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/third-person.html#comment-2479 As at least one Church Father said, "To know the Father one must know the Son, and to know the Son one must have the Holy Spirit." And this is the thrust of the Sacred Liturgy: to the Father, through the Son, with and in the Holy Spirit. - Fr Thomas Kocik Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:43:15 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/third-person.html#comment-2474 During an especially rough patch in a now almost 29 yr marriage, grace was offered to me when my husband asked me to attend church with him. The Holy Spirit allowed me to see the black nothingness that would be mine unless I answered the knock. I opened the door. The Light prevails. - Becky Bianco Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:06:37 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/third-person.html#comment-2471 To Pio and Claire, I say Thanks. That there are holes in my education, there can be no doubt. (But once published, such an error must stand.) - Brad Miner Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:31:48 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/third-person.html#comment-2470 Brad, I love your essay (and the many others you've written here), but I feel compelled to point out a factual error: Saying that Pentecost is not a Holy Day of Obligation is like saying Easter is not a Holy Day of Obligation. Neither is explicitly on the List, but that's because both always fall on Sunday (remember that every Sunday is a Holy Day of Obligation). That doesn't lessen the truth in your essay; it just means that one paragraph needs to be tweaked. - Claire Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:28:26 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/third-person.html#comment-2469 "Make love your aim, but earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues...etc. I Cor 14:1-5 In short, you err. - Lee Gilbert Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:26:35 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/third-person.html#comment-2467 SO delightful how God draws&woos us each as His own, so singularly, like lovers looking into each other's eyes...yet your story is familiar as well. i was "sneaked" into a Catholic Charismatic prayer group as a falling-fast-away Baptist & saw & heard very scary things. BUT! the H.S. WAS there & over time not only "baptized me" but directly led me to Rome. He spoke this to my heart/soul: "I want you to become part of the Mother Church." Truly a foreign tounge "to a dyed in the wool Anti-Catholic! - debby Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:51:04 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/third-person.html#comment-2466 I just finished a biography of Blessed John XXIII. If one questions the presence of the Holy Spirit in the institutional structures of the Roman Catholic Church, then read about this pope's faithfulness and his decision to convene an ecumenical council of the Church.(BTW - Mr. Miner - Pentecost is always a Holy Day of Obligation because it always falls on a Sunday.) - Pio Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:48:51 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/third-person.html#comment-2465 As a fellow convert, my experience resonates, Mr. Miner. I rec'd the Sacrament of Confirmation 9 years ago and have been a Catholic school teacher ever since. Cancer has been a foe for 2 years, but even so, the Holy Spirit has brought great grace to me thru\' the experience (a small miracle: the publication of A Little Guide for Your Last Days, Bridegroom Press). Cheers/blessings - Jeff Hendrix Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:21:57 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/third-person.html#comment-2464 I have wondered why the Hebrew word for God in the first line of Genesis is plural. Was the wind in the Garden of Eden the Holy Spirit? What was this Spirit that Elijah and Elisha were refering to? Is this the same Spirit present at the baptism of Jesus? Realizing that the revelation of the Holy Spirit had to wait for the Logos, was there possibly a hint in the Old Testament? Was this Wind in the Garden witness to man's evil and the promise of the Saviour? Just some Monday morning thoughts! - Willie Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:21:27 +0100