“It is that the Spirit is the outbreathing of God, His inmost life going forth in a personal form to quicken. When we receive the Holy Spirit, we receive the inmost life of God Himself to dwell in a personal way in us. When we really grasp this thought, it is overwhelming in its solemnity. Just stop and think what it means to have the inmost life of that infinite and eternal Being whom we call God, dwelling in a personal way in you. How solemn and how awful and yet unspeakably glorious life becomes when we realize this.” ThinkingWayMeanFormSpiritRealizingHolyEternalInfiniteAwfulHoly SpiritGloriousOverwhelmingSolemnDwellingSolemnityGlorious Life Book:THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Source: THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
“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
“Only the Holy Spirit can purify the intellect, for unless a greater power comes and overthrows the despoiler, what he has taken captive will never be set free (cf. Lk. 11:21-22). In every way, therefore, and especially through peace of soul, we must make ourselves a dwelling-place for the Holy Spirit.” WaySoulChristianSpiritTakenGreaterHolyIntellectHoly SpiritOrthodoxDwellingOrthodox ChristianCaptivesCfsGreater PowerDwelling PlacePeace Of Soul Author:Diadochos of Photiki
“Holiness, as taught in the Scriptures, is not based upon knowledge on our part. Rather, it is based upon the resurrected Christ in-dwelling us and changing us into His likeness.” ChristTaughtHolyScriptureHoly SpiritHolinessDwelling Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“The mystery of the Holy Night, which historically happened two thousand years ago, must be lived as a spiritual event in the 'today' of the Liturgy," the Pope clarified. "The Word who found a dwelling in Mary's womb comes to knock on the heart of every person with singular intensity this Christmas.” YearsHeartPersonsTwoTodaySpiritualNightFoundHappenedMysteryEventsHolyThousandYears AgoChristmasIntensityMaryThousand YearsPopeWombDwellingChristmas SpiritLiturgyHoly Night Author:Pope John Paul II