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HOLY SPIRIT, OUR LIVES SOLE ENLIGHTENER

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Fellowship of the Holy Spirit in the Life of Christ and the Christian Praxis Edwinraj, SDB The Christian religion is unique because of believing in One God, three persons. The Holy Trinity is a fundamental doctrine in Christianity. At the end of the public ministry, Jesus promised his followers with an Advocate to be with us forever (cf. Jn 14,16). The Spirit is the gift of Jesus to us. This Spirit is the third person in the Trinity. The Spirit continues the mission of Jesus in the Church for the faithful. And so, his manifestation in the world and in the Church is seen in the form of wind which renews us; water that purifies us; oil that anoints us; dove that bestows peace for us; and fire that with love for us. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son ( filioque ) who has the same nature and substance of the Father and the Son ( CCC 246). The West rightly understood this truth, while the East has another view all about...
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Faith and Acts of Power: Re-reading & Re-situating Matthew 17:14-20

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  Jesus driving out the evil spirit, while the disciples are found with little faith Faith and Acts of Power Edwinraj, SDB Gospel Passage (Mt 17:14-20) 18 th  Ordinary Time 07 August 2021 14 When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, 15 and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him." 17 Jesus answered, "You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me." 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" 20 He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, '...
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A DECENT BURIAL FOR JESUS FROM MARY

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Mary Anointing the Feet of Jesus in  Prepation For Jesus's Burial Introduction The pericope of my paper is taken from the first part of the twelfth chapter. It reads the epistle of Mary anointing Jesus with the pure nard in preparation of the death of Jesus. John portrays Jesus as fully human and divine. Death pertains to humans and most probably not for God. But the author here, tries to situate Jesus on the human realm by narrating the funeral rite of Jesus with his beloved Bethany family – the replica of Discipleship – before the Passion, Death and Resurrection. John the Evangelist anticipates this humanness of Jesus in the preceding chapter where he raises his friend to life. He even cries for Lazarus. A typical sign of humanness is exposed by Jesus. The chapter narrates the friendship and companionship that Jesus holds with Bethany family and with the people at large. The death and resurrection of Lazarus become the platform to reveal the Glory of God. And thereby, we see ...
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SPIRIT OF THE LAW or THE LETTER OF THE LAW

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 SPIRIT OF THE LAW  or  THE LETTER OF THE LAW Luke chapter  6 1 One Sabbath [ a ]  while Jesus [ b ]  was going through some grain fields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.  2  But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful [ c ]  on the Sabbath?”  3  Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?  4  How he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions?”  5  Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” There is story said about a rabbi from a Jewish village. Every sabbath eve, he disappears from the village. And, people were suspicious about him. So, they set up a spy who would collect information about him. The following sabbath, just like previous week, the rabbi was a...
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