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Q: I really don’t understand the Holy Spirit. Would you please discuss that? -S.<\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC<\/p>\n

A: Your question touches on the Trinity, the core mystery of the Christian faith. The glossary of the Catechism defines \u201cTrinity\u201d like this:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mystery of one God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The revealed truth of the Holy Trinity is at the very root of the Church’s living faith as expressed in the Creed. The mystery of the Trinity in itself is inaccessible to the human mind and is the object of faith only because it was revealed by Jesus Christ, the divine Son of the eternal Father.\u201d<\/p>\n

That reference to \u201cthree Persons\u201d can confuse us. As humans, we hear \u201cthree Persons\u201d and might be tempted to think of three people crammed into a phone booth. It is not like that with the Trinity; no one is \u201ccrammed together\u201d into one God.<\/p>\n

When we speak of a \u201cPerson\u201d in God we mean, in technical language, a subsistent relation. Each Person in the Trinity is a real relation, distinct from one another, and each Person is God. Make sense? Don\u2019t worry if it doesn\u2019t \u2013 it is a mystery beyond our comprehension.<\/p>\n

So what about the Holy Spirit in particular? The glossary of the Catechism gives this definition of \u201cHoly Spirit\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe third divine Person of the Blessed Trinity, the personal love of Father and Son for each other. Also called the Paraclete (Advocate) and Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit is at work with the Father and the Son from the beginning to the completion of the divine plan for our salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Holy Spirit is especially mysterious. Scripture speaks of him \u201cdescending like a dove\u201d (Matthew 3:16<\/a>) at Jesus’ baptism. At Pentecost the presence of the Spirit is expressed by a \u201cstrong driving wind\u201d and \u201ctongues as of fire\u201d (see Acts 2:2-3<\/a>).<\/p>\n

A dove, wind, tongues as of fire \u2013 those are images that are not easy to attach to a divine Person. Indeed, they seem to accentuate his mysteriousness.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s try to think of God like this. God is pure intellect. What does an intellect do? It thinks a thought. What does God think about? He thinks about himself. And God’s thought is so perfect that it is a divine Person: the Son. The Son “looks” at his Father (the first Person of the Trinity) and the Father looks at the Son, and the love between them is so perfect that it too is a Person: the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the bond of love between the Father and the Son.<\/p>\n

The Father begets the Son, but the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and<\/i> the Son <\/i>(“filioque,” in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed).<\/p>\n

To add one more level of mystery, this dynamic among the three Persons doesn’t happen “in time.” Rather, it occurs from all eternity. There was never a moment when the Father was alone, or when the Father and the Son were alone together. The three divine Persons exist from all eternity. The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is God.<\/p>\n

Now, let’s shift to us. That love of God, the Spirit, is the one who inspires us, moves us, sanctifies us. He comes to us at baptism and confirmation in a special way. For more reading, see the Catechism, Nos. 687-701<\/a>, or this article<\/a> at Catholic Answers.<\/p>\n

Or, if you are a visual learner, you might enjoy watching these video meditations about the Holy Spirit made by my friend and colleague, Father John Bartunek, LC: “Unleashing the Power of Pentecost: A Retreat Guide on the Holy Spirit”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This attempt at an answer is only the tip of an infinitely deep subject. Rest assured, though, that when you feel inspired to pray or do works of charity, that it is the Holy Spirit at work in you. He is that close \u2026 and that mysterious. I hope this helps. God bless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith & Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. 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