“Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church.” MenBelieveSoulBodySpiritBeliefChurchHolyMembersCatholicSaintHoly SpiritOne ManCreedsCatholic ChurchConfessing Author:Thomas Aquinas
“I was raised Catholic and now I am a Christian and follow of the Lord Jesus Christ. I made the change because the Holy Spirit revealed a truth to me.” MadeChristianSpiritJesusChristLordHolyJesus ChristCatholicRaisedHoly SpiritLord Jesus Christ Author:Manny Pacquiao
“O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.” HeartSpiritDarkMy HeartHolyCatholicCornersHoly SpiritCheerfulNeglectedEnlighteningDwellingBeamCheerfulnessSpiritual Leadership Author:Saint Augustine
“Probably one of the strongest movements of the Holy Spirit is in the Roman Catholic Church, so there's not a huge theological difference between the official teaching of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church.” SpiritDifferencesChurchTeachingMovementHugeHolyCatholicHoly SpiritOfficialsStrongestCatholic ChurchTheologicalRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Nicky Gumbel
“Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'.” MeanSoulSpiritChurchPrayerPrayingHolyCatholicHoly SpiritCatholicismUnspeakableGroaning Author:Edith Stein
“Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.” MenSoulSpiritHeavenPrayerEmotionVirtuePrideHolyDrawsCatholicRaisesEnvyPreservesHoly SpiritTemperanceCatholic SaintContemplative Prayer Author:Ephrem the Syrian
“Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.” HeartInspirationSpiritFaithHolyPureCatholicSaintHoly SpiritTemplesCatholic Saint Author:Saint Lucy
“This my goodness does to endow the souls of the just more fully with spiritual riches when for my love they are stripped of material goods because they have renounced the world and all its pleasures and even their own will. These are the ones who fatten their souls, enlarging them in the abyss of my charity. Then I become their spiritual provider. The Holy Spirit becomes their servant.” WorldDoeSoulInspirationSpiritualSpiritFaithPleasureMaterialsHolyGoodnessCatholicCharityRichesServantHoly SpiritGoodsAbyssProviders Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence, we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come.” BelieveAgeSpiritCertainFireHolyJudgmentForgivenessCatholicFaultsFinalsSentencesHoly SpiritOffenseForgivenBlasphemyPurifyingPurifying Fire Author:Francis of Assisi
“You've got to be centered on Christ. It's a work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit forms Jesus within us. No cross? No crown. No pain? No gain. No way around it - if there was a shortcut, I'd know it and I'd tell ya.” IfsKnowsWayChristianPainFormSpiritJesusChristReligiousHolyGainsCrossesCatholicHoly SpiritCrownsShortcutsClergymenNo PainCenteringNo Pain No Gain Author:John Corapi
“There are people who say, 'Oh every time Catholics make the sign of the cross they re-crucify Christ.' Look, that's what comes under the theological classification of happy horse manure! That's bologna, absolute bologna! They don't know anything about our religion, and I don't purport to know anything about theirs. I respect theirs, respect ours. When we make the sign of the cross, we are simply making a statement of faith. I believe in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and I believe in the sign of the cross, because that is the sign of our salvation!” PeopleKnowsBelieveLooksSpiritFatherI BelieveChristSonHolyCrossesHorseAbsolutesCatholicSalvationI Believe InStatementsHoly SpiritTheologicalClassificationManureBologna Author:John Corapi
“God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit-that is the shortest route.” GivingDoeInspirationSpiritAsksGraceHolyCatholicDenyGenerousHoly SpiritRoutesFaithfulness Author:Mary Faustina Kowalska
“Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to pessimism and discouragement. We have the firm certainty that the Holy Spirit gives the Church with His mighty breath, the courage to persevere and also to seek new methods of evangelization, to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth.” GivingEndsEarthChristianSpiritChurchReligiousCourageHolyOffersDevilBreathsCatholicMethodChristian InspirationalCertaintyFirmSatanHoly SpiritBitternessPessimismPersevereGospelDiscouragementNever Give In Author:Pope Francis