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The Holy Spirit
 


The power of the Spirit never ceases to fill the Church with life! Through the grace of the Church’s sacraments, that power also flows deep within us, like an underground river which nourishes our spirit and draws us ever nearer to the source of our true life, which is Christ.

 
Homily

Randwick Racecourse

20 July 2008

 
 
 
The Holy Spirit
 


The Spirit opens human intelligence to horizons larger than itself, and brings it to understand the beauty and the truth of God's love revealed on the Cross.

 
General Audience
Paul VI Hall
17 September 2008

 
 
 
The Holy Spirit
 


What air is for biological life, the Holy Spirit is for spiritual life; and just as an atmospheric pollution exists that poisons the environment and living beings, thus a pollution of heart and spirit exists that mortifies and poisons spiritual life.

 
Homily
Solemnity of Pentecost
Vatican Basilica
31 May 2009

 
 
 
The Holy Spirit
 


The Holy Spirit gives believers a superior vision of the world, of life, of history, and makes them custodians of the hope that never disappoints.

 
Homily at Prayer Vigil
Solemnity of Pentecost
St. Peter's Square
3 June 2006

 
 
 
The Holy Spirit
 


The mysterious God is not infinite loneliness, he is an event of love. If by gazing at creation we think we can glimpse the Creator Spirit, God himself, rather like creative mathematics, like a force that shapes the laws of the world and their order, but then, even, also like beauty - now we come to realize: the Creator Spirit has a heart. He is Love.

 
Prayer Vigil
Solemnity of Pentecost
St. Peter's Square
3 June 2006

 
 
 
The Holy Spirit
 


The fire of the Holy Spirit, the fire of Christ is never one that devours nor a destructive one. It's a quiet fire, a small flame of goodness, of goodness and truth that transforms with its light and warmth.

 
Remarks
"The Council's Beautiful Church"
St Peter's Square
11 October 2012

 
 
 
The Holy Spirit
 


The Holy Spirit guides us towards the heights of God, so that, on this earth, we can already experience the seed of divine life that is within us.

 
Homily
Solemnity of Pentecost
Vatican Basilica
27 May 2012

 
 
 
The Holy Spirit
 


The Holy Spirit defeats aridity, opens hearts to hope, stimulates and fosters in us an interior maturity in our relationship with God and with our neighbor.

 
Solemnity of Pentecost
Regina Caeli
St Peter's Square
27 May 2012

 

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