But Scripture also speaks of the Holy Spirit in terms that assure us of His definite presence in our midst. In the Holy Spirit, Christ fulfills these figures. It means the one who is called to our side or one who is ever ready “to stand by us” to take our part. Holy Spirit Catholic Church. In certain churches, the Eucharist is reserved in a metal receptacle in the form of a dove (columbarium) suspended above the altar. He has appeared on Fox News, C-SPAN and the Today Show and his writing has been published in the Washington Times, Providence Journal, the National Catholic Register and on MSNBC.com and ABCNews.com. Church Fathers have seen in these words a trinitarian formula, in which the ‘him’ of the verse is the Father, the ‘mouth’ is the Son, and the ‘kiss’ is the Holy Spirit. A lamp, light, or burning candle is a symbol of the Holy Spirit’s role as Enlightener. Christ is God in the flesh nailed to the Cross. Indeed, as Catholic Christians, we believe all Scripture was written by the Holy Spirit, making the “finger of God” a particularly fitting name for Him. 300 West Pine Street Palmyra PA 17078 (717) 838-3369. Spirit of Life: (Romans 8:2) The phrase “Spirit of life” means the Holy Spirit is the one who produces or gives life, not that He initiates salvation, but rather that He imparts newness of life. While water signifies birth and the fruitfulness of life given in the Holy Spirit, fire symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit's actions. Thy throat like the best wine, worthy for my beloved to drink, and for his lips and his teeth to ruminate.” In this exchange between Bridge and Bridegroom—or Christ and the Father—the wine is symbolizes the love they share, personified in the Holy Spirit, according to Arminjon. The joy that is … In Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, we have two persons who appear to us in radically different forms, or so it often seems. Trinity, Stephen Beale is a freelance writer based in Providence, Rhode Island. The images of the Holy Spirit, on the other hand, are of a radically different character: tongues of fire, the heavenly wind, the dove that flies away. © Copyright 2021 Catholic Exchange. Joy isn't emotional, in the sense that we commonly think of joy; rather, it is the state of being … It is largely through Jesus, therefore, that we have come to know the three persons of the Trinity as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. II. By joining the two terms, Scripture, liturgy, and theological language designate the inexpressible person of the Holy Spirit, without any possible equivocation with other uses of the terms "spirit" and "holy. software.output_email_link('PG4gdWVycz0iem52eWdiOnZhc2JAcG5ndXFueS5iZXQiIGZnbHlyPSJvbnB4dGViaGFxLXBieWJlOiBldG8oNDEsIDQxLCA0MSk7Ij48diBmZ2x5cj0iem5ldHZhLWV2dHVnOiAyMGNrIiBweW5mZj0iZ3YtcnpudnkiPjwvdj4gICB2YXNiQHBuZ3VxbnkuYmV0PC9uPg==')You may enable JavaScript to see this email address. “As then the finger is not separate from the hard, but by nature a part of it; so the Holy Spirit is consubstantially united to the Son, and through Him the Son does all things.” St. Ambrose draws the same conclusion, referring to the finger as a “form of unity.”, 1 Corinthians 1:22 offers two new names for the third person of the Trinity. Dallas, Texas 75219 The Holy Spirit is the source of our inspiration, insight, mental illumination, revelation, guidance, and direction. "Paraclete" is commonly translated by "consoler," and Jesus is the first consoler. In the form of tongues "as of fire," the Holy Spirit rests on the disciples on the morning of Pentecost and fills them with himself The spiritual tradition has retained this symbolism of fire as one of the most expressive images of the Holy Spirit's actions. There were several anointed ones of the Lord in the Old Covenant, pre-eminently King David. The dove was present with Noah at the ark, the dove descended upon Jesus at His baptism. As "by one Spirit we were all baptized," so we are also "made to drink of one Spirit." ‘Seal’ is also used in Ephesians 1:13 and 4:30. ", When he proclaims and promises the coming of the Holy Spirit, Jesus calls him the "Paraclete," literally, "he who is called to one's side," advocatus. I did a little digging on the third person of the Trinity and came up with seven names for the Holy Spirit that you may not have known either: Catholic Exchange is a project of Sophia Institute Press. On four occasions, Jesus also calls the Holy Spirit "Paraclete" (Jn 14:16-26, 15:26, 16:7), meaning "advocate" and "consoler." 1. Christian iconography traditionally uses a dove to suggest the Spirit. In Galatians 5:22-23, Paul outlines the fruits of the Holy Spirit- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, & self-control. He is a former news editor at GoLocalProv.com and was a correspondent for the New Hampshire Union Leader, where he covered the 2008 presidential primary. I know this answer is cliché and isn’t what you were hoping for, so don’t fret — there’s more. The Holy Spirit Proceeds from the Father and the Son The Virgin Mary conceived Christ by the Holy Spirit who, through the angel, proclaimed him the Christ at his birth, and prompted Simeon to come to the temple to see the Christ of the Lord. Symbols of the Holy Spirit Its full force can be grasped only in relation to the primary anointing accomplished by the Holy Spirit, that of Jesus. Both of these naturally suggest life. agtaylor@cathdal.org. One of the more famous is the ‘Paraclete,’ a word transliterated directly from the Greek, meaning ‘advocate,’ ‘intercessor,’ and ‘counselor,’ according to Thayer’s Greek Lexicon. "It is by the finger of God that [Jesus] cast out demons." Even more pointedly, it is by the Apostles' imposition of hands that the Holy Spirit is given. Song of Songs opens with a line traditionally understood as a reference to the Trinity: Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth. Douay-Rheims renders it as ‘pledge.’ The New American Bible instead uses the phrase ‘first installment.’ In other translations it reads as ‘down payment,’ ‘guarantee,’ and ‘earnest.’ In Greek, the word is arrabona, defined as “money which in purchases is given as a pledge that the full amount will subsequently be paid,” according to Thayer’s Greek Lexicon. Jesus indeed uses the sensory image of the wind to suggest to Nicodemus the transcendent newness of him who is personally God's breath, the divine Spirit. the Church has received this name from the Lord and professes it in the Baptism of her new children. Rays of Light. Gifts of Works (energema) The power to do: Faith, Miracles, Healing. In Christ, we touch and see God. Power of the Most High The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the POWER OF THE MOST HIGH will overshadow you. Mechthild of Magdeburg, a medieval mystic from Germany, explains this metaphor through another one: “the Father is the cupbearer of this intoxicating life, the Son is the cup and the Spirit is the wine.” (This name also has intriguing Eucharistic connotations!). If God's law was written on tablets of stone "by the finger of God," then the "letter from Christ" entrusted to the care of the apostles, is written "with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts." Besides the proper name of "Holy Spirit," which is most frequently used in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Epistles, we also find in St. Paul the titles: the Spirit of the promise, The Spirit of adoption, The Spirit of Christ, The Spirit of the … We are sealed in the Spirit most concretely in the Sacrament of Confirmation, according to the catechism. He is the God who wept and slept, who ate food, and who sweated in the Garden of Gethsemane. The merit of naming the persons of the Trinity is the merit of naming anything: A name encapsulates meaning. The Holy Spirit is a distinct person of the Holy Trinity, who exists as the communication and personification of the mutual, flowing, and never-ending relationship of love and unity between God the Father and God the Son. From the Catechism of the Catholic Church, #691-701. the Holy Spirit established him as "Christ.". He is, no doubt, the least spoken of among the three persons of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The following are 10 ways the Holy Spirit works in the lives of believers. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God’ (Luke 1:35). As far as I know, we are never given a proper name that would especially apply to the Spirit of God. But didn't all of this charismatic stuff end at Pentecost and with the death of the Apostles? A devotional study of the Holy Spirit which looks at His ministry throughout Scripture as revealed in the names the Bible gives Him. The Holy Spirit is love, to put things very simply. Song of Songs opens with a line traditionally understood as a reference to the Trinity: Let … These are not official “names” of the Holy Spirit but are ways that Scripture refers to Him at different places, times, and contexts. Finally, the cloud took Jesus out of the sight of the disciples on the day of his ascension and will reveal him as Son of man in glory on the day of his final coming. External links provided by the Catholic Diocese of Dallas are provided solely for the user's convenience. Directions When we receive eternal life through Christ, the Spirit provides the spiritual food that is … "Paraclete" is commonly translated by "consoler," and Jesus is the first consoler. But Jesus is God's Anointed in a unique way: the humanity the Son assumed was entirely anointed by the Holy Spirit. The catechism further explains the significance of the image this way: “A seal is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or ownership of an object. The Paraclector or comforter is the one who gives solace and is called to stand by the side of a person in difficulty. The word spirit (from the Latin spiritus meaning "breath") appears either alone or with other words in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the New Testament.Combinations include expressions such as the "Holy Spirit", "Spirit of God", and in Christianity, "Spirit of Christ".. Director of Communications Fortitude. The Catholic Community of the Holy Spirit is a Roman Catholic parish serving south-central Gloucester County and northeastern Salem County, New Jersey. Because this seal indicates the indelible effect of the anointing with the Holy Spirit in the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders, the image of the seal (sphragis) has been used in some theological traditions to express the indelible "character" imprinted by these three unrepeatable sacraments. In Christian initiation, anointing is the sacramental sign of Confirmation, called "chrismation" in the Churches of the East. The Spirit comes down and remains in the purified hearts of the baptized. Finally, it was the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead. "Holy Spirit" is the proper name of the one whom we adore and glorify with the Father and the Son. The Church has kept this sign of the all-powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit in its sacramental epicleses. Annette Gonzales Taylor endorse, the website, its content, or sponsoring organizations. trinitarian, Our parish community was formed in 2010 from the former parishes of St. Ann in Elmer, St. Joseph in Woodstown and Holy Name of Jesus in Mullica Hill. (214) 528-2240 “For in none of our members is division more apparent than in our fingers,” St. Augustine said. Paul says that the Spirit always bears witness to Jesus (12:3). (The name again is echoed in Ephesians 1:14.) The symbolism of anointing with oil also signifies the Holy Spirit, to the point of becoming a synonym for the Holy Spirit. The hymn Veni Creator Spiritus invokes the Holy Spirit as the "finger of the Father's right hand.". Send your Holy Spirit upon them to be their helper and guide. “The Son was said to be the hand and arm of the Father, for the Father works all things by Him,” writes St. Cyril of Alexandria. ), No one seems quite sure how to translate the second name for the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians 1:22. Lesser known is the name Jesus gives to the Holy Spirit in Luke 11:20, “But if I by the finger of God cast out devils; doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.” In the Old Testament, as the catechism notes, the Ten Commandments were said to be written by the “finger of God” (Exodus 31:18). On the mountain of Transfiguration, the Spirit in the "cloud came and overshadowed" Jesus, Moses and Elijah, Peter, James and John, and "a voice came out of the cloud, saying, 'This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!'" The Spirit’s names and titles are useful in helping us understand His many manifestations—all that He does for us, and His magnificent role in the Trinity. A native of Topsfield, Massachusetts, he graduated from Brown University in 2004 with a degree in classics and history. “The Holy Spirit is the kiss that the mouth of the beloved Son imprints forever on our hearts,” writes Jesuit theologian Blaise Arminjon. A Lamp. (Translations are Douay-Rheims unless otherwise noted.) When he proclaims and promises the coming of the Holy Spirit, Jesus calls him the "Paraclete," literally, "he who is called to one's side," advocatus. He is, no doubt, the least spoken of among the three persons of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In Song of Songs 7:9-10, we find another name for the Holy Spirit in a trinitarian setting: “I said: I will go up into the palm tree, and will take hold of the fruit thereof: and thy breasts shall be as the clusters of the vine: and the odour of thy mouth like apples. The Holy Spirit enters our mind, which is also a mystery. Francis Liberman, a Jewish convert who sought to serve black slaves in … The Fruits of the Spirit. Jesus heals the sick and blesses little children by laying hands on them. The Letter to the Hebrews lists the imposition of hands among the "fundamental elements" of its teaching. In the context of Scripture, we should then understand the Holy Spirit to be “both a foretaste and a pledge of future blessedness,” the lexicon says. Jesus will say of the Spirit: "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!" Joy. The Holy Spirit is present in the whispering wind (1 Kgs 19:12). All the theories and all the Christiansectsthat have contradicted or impugned, in any … This event was a "figure" of the fire of the Holy Spirit, who transforms what he touches. The Lord also called the Holy Spirit "the Spirit of truth." The Holy Spirit—one of the persons of the Trinity, referred to as “God” in Acts 5:3-4—has many other names and titles. St. Augustine also sees it as an apt name “because of the distribution of gifts” which are given through the Holy Spirit. Chief errors. The Kiss. Terms for the Teaching Ministry of the Holy Spirit Certain names ascribed to the Holy Spirit tend to emphasize His role in teaching spiritual truth. Joy. holy spirit, Jesus also calls him "the Spirit of truth" (Jn16:13). Now, fully established as "Christ" in his humanity victorious over death, Jesus pours out the Holy Spirit abundantly until "the saints" constitute - in their union with the humanity of the Son of God - that perfect man "to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ": "the whole Christ," in St. Augustine's expression. These names include the Helper, the Holy Spirit Who Is in You, a New Spirit, the Spirit of Grace, the Spirit of Glory, the Spirit of Supplication and, again, My Witness. The third person of the Blessed Trinity, the Holy Spirit, is sometimes referred to as “the forgotten” member of the godhead. St. Paul calls him "the Spirit of the promise" (Gal 3:14), "the Spirit of adoption" (Rom 8:15), "the Spirit of Christ" (Rom 8:9), "the Spirit of the Lord" (1 Cor 3:17), and "the Spirit of God" (Rom 8:14). All rights reserved. Most of them indicate an aspect of His function in, or ministry through, the Christian’s life. Jesus Christ, The Spirit filled Christ and the power of the Spirit went out from him in his acts of healing and of saving. Thus the Spirit is also personally the living water welling up from Christ crucified as its source and welling up in us to eternal life. John the Baptist, who goes "before [the Lord] in the spirit and power of Elijah," proclaims Christ as the one who "will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." The term "Spirit" translates the Hebrew word ruah, which, in its primary sense, means breath, air, wind. In the theophanies of the Old Testament, the cloud, now obscure, now luminous, reveals the living and saving God, while veiling the transcendence of his glory - with Moses on Mount Sinai, at the tent of meeting, and during the wandering in the desert, and with Solomon at the dedication of the Temple. "The Father has set his seal" on Christ and also seals us in him. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. 684) explains that although the Holy Spirit was the last person of the Holy Trin­ity to be revealed to us, “through his grace, the Holy Spirit is the first to awaken faith in us and to communicate to us the new life,” which is to “know the Father and the one whom he has sent, Jesus Christ” (see John 17:3). As with the images in Song of Songs, some Church fathers also saw trinitarian implications in this name. St. John Chrysostom concludes his homily on this chapter with this exhortation: “Knowing then all this, and considering our high estate, let us exhibit a life worthy of the grace.”, Tagged as: Who wouldn't want these gifts, which, by the way, are sorely lacking in today's world. He welcomes tips, suggestions, and any other feedback at bealenews at gmail dot com. of Christians. Besides the proper name of "Holy Spirit," which is most frequently used in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Epistles, we also find in St. Paul the titles: the Spirit of the promise, The Spirit of adoption, The Spirit of Christ, The Spirit of the Lord, and the Spirit of God - and, in St. Peter, the Spirit of glory. In John 14:26 Jesus told his disciples, “the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you” (John 14:26, ESV). The previous verses refer to the promises of God who ‘confirms’ us in Christ and has ‘anointed’ us. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, seems to be God intangible. Discernment is the capacity to know whether a gift or inspiration has at its source the Holy Spirit, is of human origin, or of evil influence. A seal authenticates a juridical act or document and occasionally makes it secret.” In sealing us with the Holy Spirit, then, God is marking us out as belonging to Him. Etymology. The symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit's action in Baptism, since after the invocation of the Holy Spirit it becomes the efficacious sacramental sign of new birth: just as the gestation of our first birth took place in water, so the water of Baptism truly signifies that our birth into the divine life is given to us in the Holy Spirit. The catechism concludes: “This seal of the Holy Spirit marks our total belonging to Christ, our enrollment in his service for ever, as well as the promise of divine protection in the great eschatological trial.” (In Revelation 7, the ‘seal’ refers to the chosen ones set apart by God in the end times. the Spirit comes upon the Virgin Mary and "overshadows" her, so that she might conceive and give birth to Jesus. Here are five surprising biblical names for the third person of the Trinity. This is no mere mark or symbol, but a person, the third person of the Trinity. 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