Holy Ghost, Who proceedest from the Father and the Son, enter our hearts.
Theologians tell us that the Holy Spirit is the very love between the Father and the Son, a love so strong and so vibrant that He is actually the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. We say that He proceeds from both the Father and the Son because both of these two Persons are constantly pouring out Their love for each other. This is the love, the Holy Spirit, that we are asking to enter our hearts so that we may be filled with divine love.
Holy Ghost, Who are equal to the Father and the Son, enter our hearts.
As the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, the Holy Spirit is fully divine and equal to the Father and the Son. This is, of course, a mystery. We cannot wrap our human minds around the Blessed Trinity, and we are not supposed to. Yet we have faith, for God has revealed this truth about Himself, this amazing Three-in-One and One-in-Three that is the Trinity.
Promise of God the Father, have mercy on us.
At the end of Luke’s Gospel, the risen Jesus assures the apostles that they will be witnesses of His life, death, and resurrection. They will carry this Gospel to all nations, starting in Jerusalem and working their way out. They will tell the whole world about Jesus, and they will bring His salvation to all people willing to accept it. But first, Jesus says, “And behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high” (Luke 24:49). This promise of the Father is the Holy Spirit.
Jesus has already said that the Holy Spirit would come upon His disciples. He goes so that the Holy Spirit may come to them (John 16:7). And this Holy Spirit is the promise, the comforter, and the advocate Who will fill Jesus’ followers with His power and with His tremendous gifts that will give them what they need to fearlessly take the Gospel into the whole world.
Ray of heavenly light, have mercy on us.
The Holy Spirit enlightens our minds and hearts. He infuses us with knowledge and understanding, good judgment and wisdom, if we are open to receiving this light. It can, however, be difficult to allow the light to enter into us, for the light shows how dark we actually are. It illuminates our nooks and crannies, which can have all sorts of unpleasant things lurking within them. Yet only when we see ourselves clearly can we fully repent of our sins and allow God’s mercy to cleanse us and His light to fill us with divine radiance.
Author of all good, have mercy on us.
We might be more inclined to think of God the Father as the Author or Creator, and indeed He is. But creation is the work of the entire Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In Genesis 1:2, we read that the Spirit of God “was moving over the face of the waters.” These “waters” refer to the chaos, the disorder, the darkness, even the nothingness that the world was before God created everything from nothing. The Spirit of God moved in an act of love that brought order out of chaos, light out of darkness, and beauty out of the void.
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