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Quite openly and without hindrance, he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ »Acts 28:31.

Imagine that you are a soldier guarding Paul during his home imprisonment in Rome. He must have had this great apostle and evangelizer before his eyes until the end of his life. During his travels, Paul suffered many sufferings and proved his faithfulness in the faith. Now he can use two years of relative calm and organize his affairs. Write many letters to the ecclesial community that he founded and tried to compete with his opponents.
Most importantly, however, he never stopped announcing Jesus to anyone willing to listen. Even now, at the end of his life, Paul continued to publish and admonish. Although imprisoned and under constant surveillance, he continues to preach the gospel, teaching, and praying for the immature, beginning Church. Especially now that Paul seems to be robbed of everything, he is still vital to God.

Some of us may be in a similar situation – slower due to age, health problems, or other limitations. However, despite our limitations, we will never lack the opportunity to serve God. The Lord will never tell us that He will no longer need us! Like Paul, we can continue to spread the gospel. In prayer, we can intercede for our personal, family, or worldwide needs. We can write to our loved ones and encourage them in their relationship with God. May it never occur to you that you have no use for the Lord! Or that you are incompetent! Jesus accepts everything you do, big or small, and fills it with His grace and transforming power. Your experience, faithfulness, and even your suffering are of immense value to the kingdom of God! You can have a fantastic influence on your friends, family, neighbors, your presence, which radiates faith, no matter where you are!

To move forward in the Christian life, we must remember three things: our first encounter with Jesus, those who have given us faith, and the Lord’s law of love written in our hearts.

Christian memory is like the salt of life.

It means returning to the memory so that we can meet Christ, find strength, and move forward. The Christian mind is like the salt of life. We cannot move forward without memory. When we meet Christians without memory, we quickly see that they have lost the taste of the Christian life and ended up as persons fulfilling the commandments, but without mysticism, without meeting Jesus Christ. And we must meet Jesus Christ in our lives.

Remember the first encounters with Jesus.

There are three ways to meet Jesus Christ: in the early moments of faith, in our ancestors, and the Lord’s law. The letter to the Hebrews shows us how to do it, saying, “Remember the first days after your conversion,” how enthusiastic you were … Each of us has moments of meeting Jesus. There were two or three moments in our lives when Jesus approached us; he made himself known. Don’t forget these moments – we have to go back to them and revive them because they are inspiring moments where we meet Jesus Christ.

Each of us has such moments – moments of meeting Jesus Christ when we changed our lives when the Lord let us know our vocation when the Lord visited us at some problematic moment . We have these moments in our hearts. Let’s look for them. Let’s contemplate these moments. Memories of the moments when I met Jesus Christ, memories of the moments when Jesus Christ met me are the source of the Christian journey through life; they are the source that gives me strength. Do I remember those moments of meeting Jesus that changed my life when he promised me something? If we don’t know them, let’s look for them. Each of us has them.

Remember those who have given us faith.

The second way to meet Jesus is to remember the ancestors whom Hebrews calls “our superiors who preached the word of God to us.” In the Letter to Timothy, Paul also urges, “Remember your mother and grandmother who gave you faith.” We did not receive our faith by mail, it was passed on to us by men and women. The Letter to the Hebrews states: “Look at the multitude of witnesses who have suffered martyrdom and take strength from them.

Do I have roots, or do I live in the present?

When the waters of life flourish, the question must be asked: am I returning in memory to our superiors, to my ancestors? Am I a man or a woman with roots? Or have I become an uprooted person? Do I live only in the present? If so, we must immediately beg for the grace to return to the roots, to those who have given us faith.

The memory of the law of love inscribed in our hearts

And third, there is the law of love that Jesus reminds us in today’s passage from the Gospel of Mark (12, 28b-34). The law of the Lord must be remembered. He is a gesture of love. The Lord created it for us to show us the way – he told us: you are not wrong in this way. It is necessary to return to the Fa in memory. But not to the cold law, which seems to be just legal, it’s not. It is the law of love, the law that the Lord has placed in our hearts. But I am faithful to the law, do I remember it, do I repeat it? We Christians, and even consecrated ones, sometimes have difficulty replicating the commandments by heart: Yes, yes, I remember them, but then at some point, I make a mistake, I no longer remember.

Remembering is to go back for progress.

Remembering Jesus Christ means having a “fixed gaze on the Lord” in those moments of my life when I met him, in moments of trial, in my ancestors, and in the law. And remembering is not just going back. Remembering means going back so I can move forward. Memory and hope go together. They are complementary; they complement each other. “Remember Jesus Christ, the Lord who came, paid for us and who is yet to come – the Lord of Remembrance, the Lord of Hope.

May the Lord help us in memory and in hope.

Each of us can stop for a few minutes today to ask ourselves what it is like to remember the moments when I met the Lord, my ancestors, and the Fa. And also “how is it with my hope – what do I hope? May the Lord help us in our quest for memory and desire.

Virtues and gifts
As we have said, man and the Spirit work together that every activity of the believer is divine-human. However, it occurs to varying degrees and in a variety of ways. In some moments there is more human effort, in other circumstances, we feel more divine help as an undeserved gift. This fact led scholastic theologians to distinguish between “virtues” and “gifts.” This can be explained as a simple example. Under the guidance of a teacher, everyone can learn to paint. But not everyone creates a work of art; this requires talent,”The gift.” The Holy Spirit is a counselor who teaches everyone to live according to the requirements of the gospel to practice the virtues. However, to some, they give a special gift during this exercise, and this is reflected in their behavior. The same way you can record your talent for painting is to see in saints a special gift to piety, sometimes already in adolescence. When we read that Saint Alois Gonzaga made the vow of purity before the painting at the age of seven Our Lady, we admire this “gift” of the Holy Spirit. If there are already a large number of natural talents, the more diverse are the supernatural gifts of piety. Text from the prophet Isaiah, however, he led the Church Father and after him spiritual authors do that by calculating separately “The seven gifts of the Spirit.” According to a translation of the Greek Bible and the Latin Vulgate, the following text reads: fruit (that is, from the generation of David, the future Messiah will arise); the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: the Spirit wisdom (1) and reason (2), the Spirit of counsel (3) and power (4), the Spirit of knowledge (5) and piety (6), the Spirit of him he will fill the fear with the Lord (7) “(cf. Isaiah. 11: 1-3).

The authors felt free to explain these terms according to their standards. So can we explain their meaning according to the speech that is closer to our mentality? Who wants to create a logical system is declining into artificial considerations.

The gift of Wisdom
Linguistic expressions have a history. Greek word
Sofia translates as Wisdom and in modern languages ​​have a predominantly intellectual touch. Wise to us is a man who knows a great deal about things, and he has a clear mind. However, in ancient Greek, he was wise a man and a capable worker, a master of his field. In Homer, he is looking for some “wise man” to repair the ship. However, for Greek intellectuals, this one the term became abstract over time. “The philosopher means” he who loves Wisdom,” which is losing more and more sense of practical life, and he wants to know higher, eternal truths. Even in Hebrew, Wisdom (korma) is practical.
But the Jews immediately introduced her to the context of life.
The wise not only knows something, but also succeeds. “Sapient” books of the Old Testament often confront each otherwise and foolish. The former can be entrusted with any function, the latter errs, everything goes wrong and dies in misery. But success in life cannot be separated from a religious attitude. The Israelites knew full well that they had or not to succeed, it does not always depend only on us, but on God. Therefore, they confessed that the beginning of Wisdom is fear with the Lord (cf. PS 111: 10). When they compared the Wisdom preached in the Holy Scriptures with the Wisdom of the Greeks intellectuals, they were sure that Wisdom was not a virtue, which man could acquire himself, that it is a gift of God.St. Paul notes that the Greeks are searching wisdom (cf. Car. 1:22), but does not praise them for that. Christianity in the great Roman Empire means victory ordinary people, uneducated, but healthy judgment, perfected by the gift of the Holy Spirit, is definitely to be preferred to the conceited
Greek Wisdom, which God has already turned into nothing because it was overcome by the Wisdom of the cross. In the Biography of St. Cyril, the Apostle of the Slavs stands this excerpt: “When he was seven years old, the governor before he gathered all the girls out of the city, and commanded him to choose one. You have chosen Sofia – Wisdom. “It was a dream, but it soon became a mystical experience. Engaging in divine Wisdom meant for saints choose forever religious life, find a pearl, for by which, according to the Gospels, man sells everything (cf.
Mt 13.46). It meant being successful in life in the noblest sense of the word. The gift of reason
It is good to remember how she was in Ancient Greece underlined the excellence of the human intellect, light soul. Intelligence can understand everything that catches the eye. In addition, it elevates us to a higher level of the world, creates ideas of beauty and goodness. Through the intellect, man attains the divine world; it promotes the mind to God, the supreme light. Therefore, even the Fathers admonished Christians to try still lifting the mind up. But on the other hand, they knew from the Scriptures that God dwells in unapproachable light (cf. 1 Tim 6:16) and that his secrets transcend any created intelligence. No one can get out to heaven, but he who descended from there, Jesus said Nicodemus and said this about himself (cf. Johannes 3:13). But then he sent us his Spirit. He also descends from heaven and elevates our intellect to heaven.
Plato said that the human intellect is divine innately, and therefore can know the infinite beauty. Christians correct his opinion. We can not rise innately, but by grace, it is the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. But Plato understood very well that a person living on this earth, especially if he was young, needs to see heaven before his eyes ideal not to get stuck in the mud or dirt. How the sad experience of every day confirms this truth! Try to have an idea, keep it in sight, educators warn. But even their admonition will be futile lacking the light of the Holy Spirit. Advice is given to someone who doubts or to who has to decide to choose a thing and tossed in uncertainty. In illness, we try to we were advised by a doctor, a lawyer during court proceedings, in domestic life, children follow the advice of their parents. In the spiritual life, it is recommended that everyone do his decision according to the advice of a good clergyman counselor. And he is called “spiritual” precisely because the Holy Spirit helps him, and so he can see them
“God’s counsel,” the plans, the calling that the Creator has since
Eternity-with each person. But not everything we have to do, we doubt, and we hesitate. Many of God’s commandments speak clearly:
You will not kill, you will not steal, love your neighbor, etc. Because of
In this, theologians distinguish between “commandments” and “counsels.” The former are binding on all. The others God only “counsels,” such as celibacy, the promise of poverty and religious obedience; the condition which Jesus gave to the rich young man applies to them: “They wished to be perfect …” (cf. Mt 19:21). Commandments, he commits a sin. Advice, they say moral theologians do not commit under penalty of sin. And yet the resolution is not as strict as it should be it seemed not to be absolutized. Who is in the secular”obliged” to do something in life; he is no longer free, to vote. On the contrary, God respects our freedom in everything he tells us. It seems paradoxical, but in a way in the sense of the word, he always “advises” us to live Christian and be holy. He does not do it from the outside, but from within, in our hearts, in our consciences. The counselor does not enforce something forcefully but gives an insight that the thing is better in one way or another. The Holy Spirit is such a counselor for us. Pharisaic circles they imposed God’s law as an external norm and mercilessly demanded that others fulfill it. The apostle understood that such observance of the law did not sanctify it that violence. Therefore, he preferred one t according to the internal law of the Spirit, who does not destroy freedom simultaneously it gives an insight into the meaning of the commandments. In this light, thus, does not appear as an obligation but rather as a privileged man that can imitate Christ and participate in his holiness. St. Paul explains to the Galatians that external obedience to the law is necessary if people are alive to God in a state of slavery. But Christians receive into their hearts the Spirit, who calls Abba, Father, they are no longer slaves, but sons (cf. Gal 4: 6-7). When we call on the Madonna as the “Mother of Good Advice,” we ask her to give us clairvoyance similar to that as she had when she obeyed the voice of the angel. Her free “Yes” made her immaculate The Mother of the Savior.

The gift of strength
The ancient Stoics state fear among the four passions that disturb the peace of the soul. One should not be timid but brave, not to be afraid to fight for justice. “To live is to fight,” says the Roman do of Seneca. Even in the Old Testament, the brave are praised, warriors. However, it should not be mentioned that their bravery is based on the fear of God. Men were not afraid because they believed in God and had more
trust in him than in your swords, muscles, and war experiences.
And how do Christian authors define this power? It is described in these words: ‘It is a virtue that guides man lest he trusts in his strength, and believe in God Help. Thus, it overcomes the fears and doubts that concern the effort and heaviness that befell him during his spiritual life. “By this trait, the Christian bravery differs from the natural courage of warriors. Subtle souls can be brave quite differently than those who fight together. They can defend the truth with humility, but fearlessly, confident that he would win. Such a fortress is supposed to have daily life, which requires sacrifices from mothers, doctors, priests, workers … We have to endure numerous difficulties every day: unjustified criticism, slander, just because we do our thing
bligation. Someone could become timid. But timidity, writes St. John Klimek, “arises from a lack of faith, trust in God; the conceited soul falls into bondage of fear; because n relies on each other, he has
fear, even if only a leaf or a shadow moves “. The author acknowledges that timidity can also be a physical weakness, the result of weak nerves. But he believes he can be healed with God’s help by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The gift of knowledge
The gift of knowledge can be understood in the same sense as gift
wisdom or reason. However, we can approach this expression with a unique approach. We live at a time when the so-called “sciences” have reached perfection previously unseen. “Scientists” are severe and a “scientific” view of any matter is accepted  as infallible. Its subject is primarily visible nature, the universe. However, in addition to these “natural sciences”, there are other sciences. Literature, art, history of philosophical thinking, etc. are studied. However, it is in these areas
we realize that science has its limits. The lives of poets can be studied scientifically in literature, the publication of their works. However, it is necessary to have a unique ability, a personal gift, for someone to understand the beauty of some poems. Scientifically, he can and must determine everything it is necessary to build a church, but this does not guarantee that the building will be a work of art. Even more, are they reaching these boundaries when they are scientific studies religion? Already in the first Christian centuries, some studies with great expertise Holy Writ. Unfortunately, they were the ones who fell into delusions. Saint Basil explains the reasons for these mistakes as follows: To someone understood agriculture, he must be a farmer,
music is recognized by a musician, a written book correctly explains only the one who is close in mind to the author, who wrote it. The author of the Holy Scriptures is, as we believe, the Holy Spirit; therefore he is also holy. And so, he can authentically understand and explain the divine Scripture only he who has the Spirit of God from whom he comes spiritual knowledge. This statement applies especially to sacred texts, for the Holy Scriptures. But God is also the author of the universe, visible nature. He created the world with His Word. He gave it to him hence also its meaning because it is its artistic
work. Who can understand them? Again, only the one who has
shared in the spirit of the author, in the Spirit of God. Everything that exists comes from God. All therefore has a spiritual meaning that is open only to those who receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, who is pure
heart and therefore sees God (cf. Mt 5: 8). This does not diminish the value of the human sciences. They appreciate it with all their results. But he admits that “human science “is completed by the spiritual science that gives them meaning.

When we say that one is “pious,” we testify that he faithfully fulfills his religious duties. In ancient times, the term used to have a broader meaning: it is above all, the virtue that governs human relationships. It’s in the Bible considered pious who is faithful to his parents, relatives, friends, species. The prophets encourage the people
to godliness toward God because he is like a father to the people,
as a friend, as a species. He is, as we read in the book of Revelation, the only saint, that is, the only one who remains faithful in
in all life situations (cf. Rev 15: 4). It includes observance of it on the law of certain religious actions. True piety cannot be limited to mere external acts, to ceremonies, but he feeds on the love which animates, as the prophet Hosea warned (cf. Oz 6: 6). And what should our godliness be to people? Christian he has to love everyone. But he can be faithful to everyone, he can trust everyone? Spiritual authors distinguish: we have to do good to all, friends and enemies, but we can only trust God; and only to those of the people who we know and who deserve our trust. But how can to know a person? Everyone is the secret of freedom and love. Just because man is a secret, it cannot be recognize by “scientific standards”. Dostoevsky tells one legend about the Crystal Palace. He built get it one scientist. He will let in only what is proven, clear and reasonable. What’s mysterious is thrown out as unworthy scientists. He will move into this house, and he is proud of him. It boasts of the clarity that made it surrounds. But soon he gets bored because there
he does not find two things that make life happy: freedom and love. These two things can never be “clear”. The theologian Pavel Florensky concludes: it is necessary finally decide that there are two different ways knowledge, the way of things and the way of people. When we discover things, we proceed in the way that advised us Cartesian: first appears what is obvious, clear, then the procedure is less clear, while logically considered. In the end, there are only clear assumptions about laying too we do not trust. In other words, we are building a crystal palace. A completely different situation occurs when we meet people. You are never clear, their hearts, their intentions
they are never obvious. All that remains is another approach, namely
give them confidence initially. When we live with them later
in a confidential relationship, shall be revealed and identified by
that they will give their trust to us as well. The beginning of this process is therefore dark. It is believed but he doesn’t understand. Isn’t it risky? They do not arise precisely from this unwise initial trust of the tragedy? If someone accepts an unknown person, he wants it
others recommended it as faithful. But even in such cases, one is often wrong. And yet he is famous The “spiritual Fathers” were not mistaken, they used to have cardiognosia, cognition of hearts, read, as is often witnessed, in the souls of others as “in an open book.” the gift of the Holy Spirit. To some extent, it is given to all righteous and pious Christians, and therefore they can safely maintain piety not only to God but to even to people according to the Spirit who guides them.
The gift of the fear of God
Simple use of terms such as: fear of God, death, hell it terrifies a modern man who considers them outdated medieval ghosts or the fruit of Baroque sermons. This aversion wants to be justified by the teachings of the New of the law of love, which overcomes the fear of rejection. How even psychological reasons do not seem to speak in favor fear. Both in the education of young people and publicly does not achieve moral benefit by threats. He claims that he characterizes the “atmosphere of fear” primitive religion. The more developed the concept about serving God, much less about punishment. That’s it
correctly. However, from these assumptions we would, could draw a conclusion about a dual religion: one for ordinary people and others for advanced, both ironically claimed the French philosopher Voltaire: “I do not believe in the devil, but I’m glad my tailor believes in him. ”
Marcion wanted to in the first Christian centuries relieve the conscience of his followers. He said all God’s threats and punishments belong to the Old Testament, which fortunately, it has passed and been replaced by the New. What does the Christian teaching tell us about the fear of God? Me too we believe that what the Holy Scriptures say is true: “The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord” (Ps 110:10). How many times it is just repeated in the psalm: “Blessed is the man who he is afraid of the Lord “(Ps 112: 1). But it is interesting how he is this feeling is associated with another typically biblical concept: the glory of the LORD. God is glorious when He reveals His own majesty, manifests its power in its miraculous deeds. The Hebrew term for glory is kabod, which it literally means gravity. When the glory of the Lord appears, the people realize that God needs to be taken very seriously existence, his words and what he requires of us. He who gains this firm conviction lives in God’s sake fear.  Fear of God is a nervous weakness caused by fantastic images. On the contrary, it is a calm decision: to take things seriously and not to put on big ones the importance of what is priceless. That’s why we are afraid He frees God from unnecessary fears, teaches us so that we are not afraid of people then it’s a calm decision: take serious things seriously and not attach big things the importance of what is priceless. That’s why we are afraid he frees God from unnecessary fears, teaches us lest we be afraid of men, of elements, of animals, or of devils. Holy
Jan Klimak shows how ridiculous about those who they want to steal but run away because there are bad dogs, but he is not afraid of God, who sees bad intentions. The same author is also strict on unscrupulous people they are afraid of the future because they do not believe in the remission of sins, in God’s mercy to the repentant. The Scriptures rightly say that fear is only the beginning wisdom. It is the first stage of spiritual life, which leads to God’s love. In the spiritual life we can As an example of maturity, mention St. Anthony the Hermit, who at the end of his life said: “Already I’m not afraid of God. “He understood that taking God seriously meant loving him wholeheartedly.

Comforter
We read that Jesus said at the Last Supper, “It is rather your heart full of sorrow that I told you. But I’m telling you the truth: It’s good for you to I left. If I do not go away, the Comforter to you will not come. If I go out, I will send him to him “(John 16: 6-7).
We are often sad. This feeling comes from the belief that something should not be that the world is bad or worse. So it’s a kind of hatred for facts. The saving grief is repentance. If however, we fall into the despair of life as such, due the company of others, it is then a lack of faith in Providence, in the goodness of God which is shown in his part.
However, overcoming carelessness is not easy. If it works about small problems, we can overcome them with natural pleasures, some fun. Still, if they come severe suffering, adversity, persecution, we feel with a weak, helpless face to face with such a large cross. Alone Jesus foretelling his suffering in the Garden of Olives, he was sad to death (cf. Mt 26:38), so he did an angel appeared from heaven and gave him strength (cf. Lk 22:43).
It is interesting to note that in the oldest Christian documents, the Holy Spirit is called “Angel”. Angel is a Greek word and means messenger. The Holy Spirit is sent by Christ as his messenger to the grieving because only he can reveal to the people the positive meaning of the cross and therefore, to please them where natural consolations disappoint. The modern reader is surprised to read in the writings of ancient monks, how they strongly condemned jokes, laughter, baggage. These judgments are undoubtedly exaggerated and sometimes unjust. But we can understand why they were reported. The ascetics understood that true joy could not be enforced by “confiscation to “forget ourselves. Unshakable joy springs only from within and one who takes us from within comforting is the Spirit Comforter The narrative in Kvítek is instructive in this respect St. Francis of Assisi, called Where is the true joy. The saint explains this to his brother Leo. They were coming back from a long journey soaked to the skin, brittle, but they are already close to their monastery. “But,” said Francis, “If they don’t open the gate for us, if they drive us out and we will not be grieved for this, behold, it is a true joy! “Not being able to be saddened in such situations is beyond human power, but a saint he believed that the Spirit could give it to us.
Fire
Ancient nations considered fire divine element. Even in the Bible, revelations of God are accompanied by the seeing of fire: in the burning bush (cf. Ex 3: 3n.); at the top of Mount Sinai (cf. Ex 19:18); the prophet Elijah has taken away to heaven in a chariot of fire (cf. 2 Kings 2:11); Jesus, according to John the Baptist, he must baptize with the Holy Spirit and by fire (cf. Mt 3:11). After all, at the sending of the Spirit, fiery tongues appeared above the heads of the apostles (cf. Acts 2: 3). The image of fire offers many interpretations. Transferred into the spiritual life means above all zeal zealous for good, for the glory of God. In this meaning it is said of the prophet Elijah that his zeal it was like fire, and it burned like a word like torch (cf. Sir 48.1).
Even in human activity, we observe how good it is when someone is enthusiastic about studying, for art, for my job. He does it well and with great pleasure. Zeal is the opposite of a mistake called “lukewarmness.” It secretes, according to St. Bernard, the “shadow of death.” A lukewarm man resembles an uncultivated vineyard, a house
without doors, without locks. Negligence robs a person for joy. It, therefore, increases the effort of everyday life. It is the worm at the root, devours from the inside, though everything from the outside
continues as usual. The Greek Fathers called lukewarmness for divine things stenocardia. The Father’s words in the book of Revelation applied to such a man with a hard, “sclerotic” heart: “I know your deeds: you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot! This way, however, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.” (Rev. 3: 15-16). Evagrius calls this vice “a demon noon “(cf. Zl 91: 6) enthusiasm, “at noon of life”, “many feel tired and lose the desire to work for good. The author is convinced that this is a very dangerous demon “because a disgusted and lazy person has no will to resist. On the contrary, the Holy Spirit keeps in the heart of the Christian a youthful enthusiasm, a joyful willingness to do good, to which the opportunity arises. Saint Martin already he died, but when he saw how sad his disciples were, he begged, “Sir, if I may still be useful, I will not refuse. Russian writer Tolstoy publishes from this in terms of a nice testimony of her aunt, who replaced their dead mother: she always served everyone, but her face showed how much luck it was when one can love and realize one’s love. So the saints in the service of God appeared the fire of the Holy Spirit it shone in their eyes.

Dove
As seen at Jesus’ baptism, she became a dove the most famous image of the Holy Spirit (cf. Mi 3:16). When interpreting the scene, it is easy to remember the text Genesis about the first creature that says the Spirit of God hovered over the waters; baptism is the “second creature.” The doves were the only birds allowed to be sacrificed in the Jerusalem temple. They symbolized purity and simplicity (cf. Mt 10:16). As doves flew from above and soared into the sky, they became a symbol of prayer for spiritual authors. When we pray, we are introduced to an eternal conversation between three divine Persons, which we would not be the contribution of the Holy Spirit was not possible. Theophane Zatvornik explains the threefold division of man as they know them Fathers, in this sense: We have a body, a soul and a Spirit of the saint. The body feeds, breathes, move. The soul thinks
he wants, he feels. The characteristic activity of the Spirit is lithium, which can be called “breathing of the Spirit”. Through body breathing, oxygen penetrates into the blood and transmits the secret into the whole body. In the same way, prayer is absorbed Of the Holy Spirit and gives it to penetrate into all ours activities. The spirit is like a fire burning in the heart. That the fire does not go out, it needs air. Prayer stirs up this flame. In the liturgy it is used after the words of the transformation of bread and wines, also called epiklesis, the explicit invocation of the Holy Spirit to descend on the gifts laid on the altar and on people standing around. This expresses the basic true that no prayer – not even the Eucharistic prayer – would not be effective if, as Origen says, the Holy Spirit Himself did not turn with our words to the Father, if he had not cried in secret Abba, the Father (cf. Gal 4: 6).
He calls more powerfully than we do, his voice almost overlapping ours weak call. In this way, Origen explains that in every prayer we ask for better things than we can understand ourselves. So it belongs to every prayer epiclesis, supplication, desire for the Holy Spirit to pray with us. It is sung in the most important rites of the liturgy hymn “Come, O Holy Spirit!” Every prayer, even the shortest, therefore has an infinite perspective. A human word or a pious feeling
heart we penetrate the life of the Holy Trinity, into of a divine world, where only happiness rules and where the destinies of the whole universe decide with our cooperation.

Illuminator – Light
In Scripture, we often encounter theme lights. In the first act of creation, God separates light from darkness (cf. Gn 1: 3). And at the end of the history of salvation, it will be to have the new creation of God as his light (cf. Rev 21: 5). The alternation of days and nights is a symbol of our situation, that it is about those who have not yet reached the fullness of redemption but expect light that does not pass away, and thus God himself will be (cf. 1 John 1: 5). In this context, we understand why Christ appeared like the light of the world (cf. John 9: 5), which shines in the darkness and which he tries to absorb the darkness (cf. John 1: 4). Even Christians do they are to show as sons of light (cf. Lk 16: 8; John 12,36). Because of this, they receive light from above, enlightenment by the Holy Spirit. The term “light” is a metaphor, an example, so it provides the possibility of different interpretations. The Jews connected light with life, the Greeks first with the knowledge of the truth because only under the lights can a person move and see what meets. In this second aspect, we can also see the relationship between Christ and the Holy Spirit. Jesus, he himself, declared the truth (cf. John 14: 6) and therefore the light. So the fathers explain Psalm 36:10: “though you are our light, we see the light “in the sense that in the light of the Spirit, we see the light of the world, which is Christ. It is not just a pun, but a confirmation of what St. Paul says with the sentence: “… only under the influence of the Spirit Someone may say, “Jesus is Lord” (1 Corinthians 12: 3). Even if someone studies the whole of Scripture, and if he valued church traditions, he would not have become a Christian without the gift of the Holy Spirit. This is confirmed by those who have been converted to Christianity in adulthood. They experienced that the faith was given at some point as an undeserved gift. And Christians themselves know that the best understanding of Christ’s teaching comes as enlightenment from above. That is why the church prays on various occasions “Come the Light of the Mind!” One preacher of our time enjoyed explaining this truth, this example: certain underground caves are visited by tourists who admire the beauty of stalactites and stalagmites. It was a hundred years ago  dangerous and dark caves. The introduction of electric light made them these breathtaking places. Something a similar thing happens in human life, albeit full grief when the eyes of the heart illuminate the light of the Spirit. How many thoughts draw your head, especially when you are alone and not overwhelmed by activity! Where do they come from? According to Orig en, the idea can have four causes: from our mind, it is a memory or a reflection; it can be
inspired by an evil spirit; it can be the inspiration of angels, and finally, it can come from the Holy Spirit. Is and possible to recognize this different origin? The basic rule is simple: good spirits impose good deeds, evil bad spirits. However, it is not easy to realize right away at the beginning, where the idea takes us. That’s why it was
“distinguishing spirits” is especially important in the lives of saints.
They set different rules so that one would be well versed in this area.
Among these rules we will underline one thing:
The authors have learned to distinguish between ideas that come “from the outside” and those that come “from the inside.” the “from the outside” are very abundant and have an external cause: some seen object, heard the narration, excerpt books read, or the influence of someone we are with they talked, which “inspired” us an idea or image. These thoughts are different from those that come from inside. The fathers also find out and the grandeur of these thoughts convince them that it is the Holy Spirit himself, who lives in the heart and makes his voice heard “in the castle the interior of “our” I “appears to be a kind of enlightenment full rooms. Syrian authors often talk about it and describe this experience metaphor. They say: the heart resembles a fountain. If it is pure, the sky is reflected in it, but also in the her mirrors divine thoughts. Who is used to hearing them, no further instruction is needed? About those who born of the Holy Spirit, Jesus’ word applies to Nicodemus: The wind blows wherever he wants; you hear the sound (cf. John 3: 8). It is easy to compare the Holy Spirit to breathe, blow, to the wind.
The moments in which the Spirit speaks to man can be significant, so he silences the perception of the bodily senses and the mind so that they are “ecstatic.” rarely, but it’s not against nature. Against nature is the exact opposite, when the lower part, bodily feelings suffocate the voice of the Spirit. Therefore, they are recited at the beginning prayer watches as a warning of the word of Psalm 95: 8: “If you hear his voice today, do not harden your hearts!”