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There is no place on earth where the Holy Ghost is not present. There is no place so high that He cannot go there; no place so low that He cannot penetrate it; no place so vast that He cannot fill it:
\nno place so remote that He is not present there.<\/p>\n
Where can I go, then, to take refuge from thy spirit, to hide from thy view? If I should climb up to heaven, thou art there; if I sink down to the world beneath, thou art present still.
\nIf I could wing my way eastwards, or find a dwelling beyond the western sea, still would I find thee beckoning to me, thy right hand upholding me.
\nOr perhaps I would think to bury myself in darkness; night should surround me, friendlier than day; but no, darkness is no hiding-place from thee, with thee the night shines clear as day itself; light and dark are one. (Psalm 138: 7\u201312)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWheresoever the Holy Ghost is present, there He acts:
\n\u2014holding all things in being;
\n\u2014hearing every utterance on the planet, every whispered secret, every prayer;
\n\u2014seeing every tear that falls, and every drop of blood that is shed;
\n\u2014bringing order out of chaos, communion out of all that is scattered, life out of death;
\n\u2014shining in the hearts of those whom He visits, dispelling darkness, revealing the splendour of every colour, the music in every sound, the fragrance carried on every breeze, lifting all things into a divine doxology.<\/p>\nThe Holy Ghost impels apostles and missionaries in every age;
\nHe is the invincible faith of the martyrs;
\nthe shining light of doctors;
\nthe incandescent purity of virgins;
\nthe joy of monks;
\nthe abiding friend of solitaries;
\nthe consoler of the bereaved.
\nThe Holy Ghost is a father to the destitute;
\na storehouse of infinite resources for the penniless;the uncreated Light all ablaze where no created light shines.<\/p>\nThe Holy Ghost is the best of consolers;
\nthe most reliable of friends;
\nthe most faithful of advocates.
\nIf you are weary, the Holy Ghost is your refreshment and repose;
\nif you are wavering, the Holy Ghost is your stability;
\nif you are fearful, the Holy Ghost is your courage;
\nif you are vulnerable; the Holy Ghost is your defender and your shield.<\/p>\nIf you are empty, the Holy Ghost is your fulness;
\nif you are thirsty, the Holy Ghost is living water, an inexhaustible stream;
\nif your are wounded, the Holy Ghost is your healing balm;
\nif you are guilty, the Holy Ghost is your innocence.
\nIf you are unbending; the Holy Ghost will make you supple;
\nif you are twisted, the Holy Ghost will straighten all that is crooked in you;
\nif you are earth\u2013bound, the Holy Ghost will lift your mind and heart to heaven;
\nif you are cold, the Holy Ghost is your blazing hearth.<\/p>\nIf you are ignorant, the Holy Ghost is your wisdom;
\nif you are complicated, the Holy Ghost is your simplicity;
\nif you are confused, the Holy Ghost is your clarity;
\nif you are soiled, the Holy Ghost is your cleanness.<\/p>\nThe Holy Ghost is sent to befriend us. He is sent to abide with us, not after the manner of the advocate who merely stands at his client’s side to plead his cause, but in a way more wondrous and more efficacious, by a secret indwelling that only faith perceives.<\/p>\n
Call upon the Holy Ghost, and you will never forget Christ.
\nCall upon the Holy Ghost, and He will fill your eyes with the face of Christ,
\nand your ears with the sound of His voice.
\nCall upon the Holy Ghost, and He will touch your palate with the sweetness of Christ.
\nCall upon the Holy Ghost and He will cause you to inhale the fragrance of Christ and to exhale it in all your comings and goings.
\nCall upon the Holy Ghost, and He will fill you with the prayer of Christ, beloved Son and Eternal High Priest.<\/p>\nToday is the birthday of the Church;
\nthe Church that, hidden with the Virgin in Nazareth, listened as only one immaculately conceived can listen;
\nthe Church overshadowed by the Holy Ghost;
\nthe Church that, all eyes on Calvary, contemplated the pierced side, and the water and the blood;
\nthe Church crowned with a multitude of dancing flames of fire
\nand pressed out of the Cenacle as a child from its mother’s womb
\nto carry her fire to souls of every tongue, and tribe, and people, and nation;
\nthe Church all lost in adoration before the mystery of the Lamb present in the sacrifice of all her altars;
\nthe Church stretching outward and upward in an unspeakable longing for the Bridegroom who is already all hers, and who is to come.<\/p>\nThe week that opens before us \u2014 the glorious Octave of Pentecost \u2014 will be a space of incalculable richness, of mysterious visitations, of grace upon grace, of light within light, of inextinguishable fire. Already, today, all is given. Receive, then. Receive unconditionally. Place no limits on the munificence of God, for the Spirit of the Lord fills the whole world.<\/p>\n
Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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