Tag: Holy Spirit
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May You Be Strengthened with Power
JUSTIFICATION “May you be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit.” Ephesians 3:16 In the context of Catholic teaching, the verse from Ephesians 3:16, “May you be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit,” underscores the transformative work of the Holy Spirit within believers. This passage emphasizes the Holy…
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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
UNITY IN The Body of Christ I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond…
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Put On the Lord Jesus Christ
SALVATION Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the…
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Set Your Mind on Things Above
JUSTIFICATION & SANCTIFICATION If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above,where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above,not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.When Christ who is our life appears, then…
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Test the Spirits
The Infallibility of the Church Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this, you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,…
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That We Might Be Justified by His Grace
SANCTIFICATION & JUSTIFICATION But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared,not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy,he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, so thatwe might…
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The Holy Spirit Shall Come Upon You
the divine maternity And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holywhich shall be born of thee shall be called the…
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The Pillar and Foundation of the Truth
The Rule of faith But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.1 Timothy 3:15 The text from 1 Timothy 3:15 highlights essential elements of the Catholic Church’s doctrine regarding the nature and…
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The Spirit Will Guide You to All Truth
The Development of Doctrine “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears and will declare to you the things that are…
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The Virgin Will Conceive and Give Birth to a Son
THE DIVINE MATERNITY Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign:The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son,and will call him Immanuel.Isaiah 7, 14 Isaiah was a prophet who lived during a tumultuous time in the kingdom of Judah, around the 8th century BCE. The context of Isaiah 7 involves a political…
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