Holy Spirit

People's understanding and beliefs about God, themselves, and what it means to hear God's
Voice play a significant role in their experience of hearing the Holy Spirit in their lives. Below
we answer the question, "Who or what is the Holy Spirit?" and discuss the many gifts of the
Holy Spirit. We also provide a free video series on accessing the Divine Consciousness of the
Holy Spirit in your life and the opportunity to receive daily inspirational quotes from the Holy
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Who is the Holy Spirit?

"The Holy Spirit is the bridge to God within you. It is the part of your mind—the part of your
Spirit—that is joined with the Mind of God. The Holy Spirit is the Voice for God and acts as a
reminder to all of God's children of the unconditional love that God has for them.

God loves His children so much that He wanted His children to always know that they are
safe, they are loved, and they are whole. God extended the Holy Spirit as a way to ensure
that God’s children would always know these things. God gave this Voice to His children, and
this Voice is now a part of them. It is the eternal perspective of Truth, Love, and Reality that
cannot be taken from God's children. It is the Voice of God instilled within and the
ever-present reminder to God's children of the Truth of Who and What they are and the Love
their Father has for them.

By extending the Holy Spirit, God provided a way to bring His Voice into each of His children
as they went out into the world so that they could always remember the Truth of Who and
What they are. The Holy Spirit's function and purpose is to bring God’s Voice to each of God’s
children, guiding them, directing them, loving them, and restoring their thinking to God's.

Little by little, as you hear, recognize, understand, and become aware of the Holy Spirit in
different ways—through your thinking, correcting a thought with this Voice, recognizing this
Voice in another, sharing this Voice with a friend, and so on— the Holy Spirit is brought into
the world and given to each of God’s children. This Voice is recognized in each of God’s
children and used as a reminder for God’s children of the Truth so that they can overcome
the world.

The Holy Spirit was given to each of God’s Children by God, put within each one, and is now a
part of them. It is not to think that the Holy Spirit is separate from you, is really only a part
of God, or will one day be separate, because in Truth, the Holy Spirit is a part of you. It has
now been blended and melted into you. That is why it is important to recognize this Voice of
God in everyone you meet because It is part of them as well.
The Holy Spirit is within each of God’s children and cannot be extracted. It is there as a
constant Resource, Companion, and speaker of Truth no matter what you think you have
done, what you think you are doing, or what you think you might do. This Voice for Love
within you holds no judgments, never condemns, and only remembers your true Perfection. In
that is the impossibility of sin or anything related to it.

It is not possible for the Holy Spirit to judge you in any way because this part of God can only
see the Truth of who you are and not who you think you are. God’s Voice is within your mind
and is ever available to you to restore your thinking to Truth. In any moment you decide that
you do not want to participate in the belief of separation—if you decide you want peace, if
you decide you want to remember Who you are and What you are— the Holy Spirit is there
within you waiting to join with you in Truth. It has been within you since your first step into
the world and offers you an alternative to pain and suffering, to fear and loathing, to
vengeance and death. This Voice for Love within you offers you Peace, Oneness, Truth, and
everlasting Life.

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Even though God's children live in the world and have forgotten their Oneness with God, there
is still an inkling left within each child that causes them to have a tiny bit of the memory that
they are One with God. Even with all of the thoughts and beliefs that they have acquired that
have caused them to think that they are unworthy, God isn’t real, they are fine on their own,
or other beliefs that keep them from remembering fully—despite all of that—there is still a
glimmering within them that they are One with God. Somewhere deep down, they remember
that God is their true Creator and Source Whom they yearn to return Home to.

The words, the perspective, and the love that comes through the Holy Spirit are a reassurance
and a promise for that restoration to one day be complete. You are the only one keeping you
from it. You are already perfect, worthy, and fully and completely loved by God; you just
have to eventually remember that. Whether you remember in this instant, or this instant, or
this instant, it doesn't matter. In each instant that you can remember, you are born. You are
born in Reality, not the world.

Truly one gains everything by hearing God because there is no Reality in the world. When one
hears the Holy Spirit, they are in Reality for that moment. When one hears the Holy Spirit,
they experience validation or proof of what they have always known somewhere in the back
of their mind, no matter how buried that knowing may be beneath the accumulated thoughts
and beliefs that say otherwise. Hearing God proves to the little spark of hope that was there
all along that there is more to life than this.
It is so easy to live in the world, to attempt to succeed and excel in school, to succeed and
excel in work, and to make the perfect family, home, and lifestyle. “Lifestyle” here means
the right place to live, the right home, furnishings, car, clothing, vacations, or entertainment
system. One goes about continuing to accomplish, attain, succeed, and excel in all of these
worldly ways until they die. And so many people walk around in the world saying, “Isn't there
more to life than this?”

When one can hear God, they can step out of the need to strive, excel, and succeed, and
instead seek peace and love in their hearts, in their minds, in their lives, in their
relationships, and in the world so that the life they are living is an expression of God and a
remembering of the Oneness that you are with God. This allows you to live a life that has
meaning in so many of the moments, encounters, and experiences rather than in the things.

When one talks about false idols, they are talking about the belief that striving to own the
perfect entertainment system is more important than striving toward expressing kindness
toward their family. Many people put much more energy and resources into creating the
perfect entertainment system than they do into showing their family that they love them.
Some think they are showing their family that they love them by buying them the right
entertainment system. When one has learned that joy or happiness comes from a screen and
they experience love when they watch a story on that screen, then it makes sense that the
perfect entertainment system is a wonderful way to love one’s family.

Ultimately, what each one seeks from the bottom of their hearts is God's Love, true Love, the
remembrance of their Oneness, the remembrance that God is everything, God is good, and
they are within God always, safe and sound, loved and cherished, accepted and understood
just as they are. To sit with God with this perspective is so much more fulfilling and
rewarding than anything that is on the screen.

What does one gain from hearing the Holy Spirit? They gain themselves. They gain God. They
gain everything that really is, everything that really matters, and with that, all the peace and
comfort that they can experience."

Source: http://thevoiceforlove.com/holy-spirit.html
 THE HOLY MASS

Catechism of St. Pius X

The Essence, Institution and Ends of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

1. Should the Holy Eucharist be considered only as a sacrament?

The Holy Eucharist, besides being a sacrament, is also the permanent Sacrifice of the New
Law, which Jesus Christ left to His Church to be offered to God by the hands of His priests.

2. What is the Holy Mass?

The Holy Mass is the Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ offered on our altars
under the appearances of bread and wine, in commemoration of the Sacrifice of the Cross.

3. Is the Sacrifice of the Mass the same as that of the Cross?

The Sacrifice of the Mass is substantially the same as that of the Cross, for the same Jesus
Christ, Who offered Himself on the Cross, it is Who offers Himself by the hands of the
priests, His ministers, on our altars; but as regards the way in which He is offered, the
Sacrifice of the Mass differs from the Sacrifice of the Cross, though retaining the most
intimate and essential relation to it.

4. What difference and relation is there between the Sacrifice of the Mass and that of the
Cross?

Between the Sacrifice of the Mass and that of the Cross there is this difference and relation,
that on the Cross Jesus Christ offered Himself by shedding His Blood and meriting for us;
whereas on our altars He sacrifices Himself without the shedding of His Blood, and applies
to us the fruits of His passion and death.

5. What other relation has the Sacrifice of the Mass to that of the Cross?

Another relation of the Sacrifice of the Mass to that of the Cross is, that the Sacrifice of the
Mass represents in a sensible way the shedding of the Blood of Jesus Christ on the Cross,
because, in virtue of the words of consecration, only the Body of our Saviour is made
present under the species of the bread and only His Blood under the species of the wine;
although by natural concomitance and by the hypostatic union, the living and real Jesus
Christ is present under each of the species.

6. Is not the Sacrifice of the Cross the one only Sacrifice of the New Law?

The Sacrifice of the Cross is the one only Sacrifice of the New Law, inasmuch as through it
Our Lord satisfied Divine Justice, acquired all the merits necessary to save us, and thus, on
His part, fully accomplished our redemption. These merits, however, He applies to us
through the means instituted by Him in His Church, among which is the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass.

7. For what ends is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered?

The Sacrifice of the Mass is offered to God for four ends: (1) To honour Him properly, and
hence it is called Latreutical; (2) To thank Him for His favours, and hence it is called
Eucharistical; (3) To appease Him, make Him due satisfaction for our sins, and to help the
souls in Purgatory, and hence it is called Propitiatory; (4) To obtain all the graces necessary
for us, and hence it is called Impetratory.

8. Who is it that offers to God the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass?

The first and principal Offeror of the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass is Jesus Christ, while the
priest is the minister who in the Name of Jesus Christ offers the same Sacrifice to the
Eternal Father.

9. Who instituted the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass?

Jesus Christ Himself instituted the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass when He instituted the
Sacrament of the Blessed Eucharist and said that this should be done in memory of His
passion.

10. To whom is the Holy Mass offered?

The Holy Mass is offered to God alone.

11. If the Holy Mass is offered to God alone why are so many Masses celebrated in honour
of the Blessed Virgin and the Saints?

Mass celebrated in honour of the Blessed Virgin and the Saints is always a sacrifice offered
to God alone; it is said to be celebrated in honour of the Blessed Virgin and the Saints to
thank God for the gifts He has given them, and through their intercession to obtain from
Him more abundantly the graces of which we have need.

12. Who shares in the fruits of the Mass?

The entire Church shares in the fruits of the Mass, but more particularly: (1) The priest and
those who assist at Mass, the latter being united with the priest; (2) Those for whom the
Mass is applied, both living and dead.

The Way to Assist at Mass

13. What is required in order to assist at Holy Mass well and profitably?

To assist at Holy Mass well and profitably two things are necessary: (1) Modesty of person
and (2) Devotion of heart.

14. In what does modesty of person consist?

Modesty of person consists especially in being modestly dressed and in observing silence
and recollection.

15. In hearing Holy Mass which is the best way to practise true devotion?
In hearing Holy Mass the best way to practise true devotion is the following: (1) From the
very beginning to unite our intention with that of the priest, offering the Holy Sacrifice to
God for the ends for which it was instituted. (2) To accompany the priest in each prayer and
action of the Sacrifice. (3) To meditate on the passion and death of Jesus Christ and to
heartily detest our sins, which have been the cause of them. (4) To go to Communion.

Source: http://michaeljournal.org/juvdm/enseignements/messe.catalina/page.01.eng.htm