ACTIVITIES

OF
THE
HOLY SPIRIT

The Spirit
Adopts
Us

1. The Spirit Adopts Us

The Spirit is first of all the Spirit of

adoption by which we become
children of God. Jesus is the only
begotten, Gods own Son but through him
and his Spirit we are adopted by the
Father, and are called children of God
for that is we are(1 Jn3:1). We can truly
call God Abba , Father. The proof that
you are sons is the fact that God has sent
forth into our hearts the Spirit of His Son
who cries out Abba, Father! (Gal 4:6)

The Spirit
Empowers
Us to Love

2. The Spirit Empowers Us to Love

The Spirit thus enables us to love God, and

love everybody else through His Spirit.
The love of God has been poured out into our
hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been
given to us (Rom 5:5). And if God has loved us
so, we must have the same love for one another
. If we love one another , God dwells in us and
His love is brought to perfection in us(1 Jn 4:1112). St. Paul stresses this gift of love above all
charisms. If I speak with human and angelic
tounges, have the gift of prophecy, comprehend
all mysteries have faith enough to move
mountains, but have not love, I am nothing (1
Cor 13:1-2).

The Spirit
Empowers Us
to Bear
Witness

3. The Spirit Empowers Us to Bear Witness

The Holy Spirit empowers us to bear witness,

to Jesus Christ. At the Last Supper, Jesus
told the apostles: When the Paraclete
comes, he will bear witness on my behalf.
You must bear witness as well (Jn 15:26).
Therefore, not only we are saved by Christ
and the Spirit, God working in us but we
share in their redeeming work as well, God
working through us. In sending the Holy
Spirit, the Risen Christ calls us to give witness
to him before others by sharing his own triple
mission of Prophet, Priest and King.

The Spirit
Empowers Us
to Know
the Truth

4. The Spirit Empowers Us to Know the Truth

To know the truth is a further power which the

Holy Spirit inspires in us. PCP II points out that
all persons are bound to seek the truth,
especially in religious matters. Jesus
promised his apostles the Spirit of truth who will
teach you everything and remind you of all
that I told you and guide you all truth (Jn
14:26; 16:13). John Paul II adds that this means
that the Spirit will help people understand the
correct meaning of the content of Christs
message; He will ensure the continuity and
identify of understanding, the same truth which
the Apostles heard from their Master.

The Spirit Draws

Us into
Community,
Unity and
Service

5. The Spirit Draws Us into Community, Unity and Service

The Holy Spirit is the principle of unity and

service in the community. The Spirit is for
the Church and for each and every
believer, the principle of their union and
unity in the teaching of the apostles and
fellowship, in the breaking of bread and
prayer (LG 13). PCP II explains how the lay
faithful are called to animate the temporal
order with Christs Spirit (PCP II 427). This unity
in loving service is made possible through the
Spirits manifold gifts and charisms, the same
promised in Isaiah the prophet: a spirit of
wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel
and of strength , a spirit of knowledge and of
fear of the Lord (Is 11:2).

The Spirit
Inspires True
Christian Life

6. The Spirit Inspires True Christian Life

Lastly, the Spirit vivifies us to live a truly

Christian life. PCP II describes how in
depths of the Filipino Spirit is a longing
for kaayusan, a longing for the life that
the creative spirit of Jesus gives as a
gift, a gift which is likewise a challenge
(PCP II257). The Spirit not only strengthens us
in our struggle against the powers of evil, but
frees us by his interior transforming presence.
All of us, gazing on the Lords glory are
being transformed from glory to glory into his
very image by the Spirit of the Lord (2 Cor
3:18)