[Grem] A mai szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, today’s Gospel declares that the Son of God does not ration his
gift of the Spirit. At the cathedral in Chartres, the figure of Jesus is
surrounded by seven doves, symbolizing these seven gifts of the Holy
Spirit: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and
fear of the Lord. The Messiah will be filled up with all of the powers and
energies of God’s Spirit. These seven gifts have played a prominent role in
our tradition, appearing in theologians as diverse as Gregory the Great,
Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas. These gifts are signs that the Christian is
participating in Jesus Christ. In holding up this image, therefore, the
Church is asking us to meditate on the people that we are called to be:
participants in Jesus. How does one come by these gifts? We can’t really
earn them or work our way toward them. But they do come from Jesus Christ,
and therefore from our proximity to him through the Church and the
sacraments. As we wait in joyful hope for the coming of the Lord, pray for
the conformity to him which consists in the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.*
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