CLF L1-5

• "Holy Spint" is the proper name of the one whom we adore and glorify with the Father and the Son.
• The term "spirit" translates from the Hebrew word ruah which, in its primary sense, means breath, air, wind. On the other hand, "Spirit" and "Holy" are divine attributes common to the three divine persons.
• The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity
• Christ often spoke of the Holy Spirit (Mat 28:19)
• On the Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended with a mighty rushing wind, and rested over the Apostles in the form of tongues of fire.
• Dove -symbolizes gentleness that works in our souls.
• Rush of wind -represents the strengthening of the will.
• Fire - represented the zeal, fervor and illumination of the mind.
• The Holy Spint proceeds from the Father and the Son. He is a Person, a Being, God.
• The Holy Spirit dwells in the Church as the source of its life and sanctifies souls through the gift of grace.
• The Holy Spirit will dwell in the Church until the end of time.
• The Seven Gifts are Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, Fortitude, Piety, Fear of God and Counsel.
• The Seven Sacraments, Baptism, Confession, Holy Eucharist, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy orders and Anointing of the sick.
• The Twelve Fruits, Modesty, Patience, Peace, Chastity, Gentleness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Self-control, Charity, Joy, Generosity and Kindness.
• After our Baptism, we have the Holy Spirit in our hearts and he remains with us as long as we have no mortal sin on our souls. This is the gift of the Sanctifying Grace.
• We celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit today as Penticost Sunday.
• Habitual grace, the permanent disposition to live and act in keeping with God's call, is distinguished from actual graces which refer to God's interventions, whether at the beginning of conversion or in the course of the work of sanctification.
• Sanctifying grace is an habitual gift, a stable and supernatural disposition that perfects the soul itself to enable it to live with God, to act by his love.
• Gift is a favor, a free gift, granted to us though we have no claim to it.
• There are two kinds of grace. Sanctifying grace and actual grace.
• Sanctifying grace is that grace which confers on our souls a new life, that is, a sharing in the life of God himself.
• 4 chief effects of sanctifying grace : It make us holy and pleasing to God, adoptive of children of God, Temple of the Holy Spirit and It gives us right to heaven.
• Actual grace is the supernatural assistance of God for salutary acts granted in consideration of the merits of Christ. Actual grace is gratia gratis data or "grace freely given "(Taylor Marshall, 2007)
• PRINCIPAL GRACE: Prayer, receivibg Sacraments - Holy Eucharist, Attending mass and Sermon.
• Actual grace is made to act through various means : reading of good books, illness and death, advice from superiors and friends amd good example.
• Good qualities of inclinations, whether natural or supernatural, are generally referred to as "Virtues"
• Natural virtue enables us to perform good natural acts, it deals directly with things human.
• Supernatural virtie enables is to perform good acts from a supernatural motive, for the glory of God.
• Natural virtue compared to supernatural ones are like a photograph compared to the living original.
• It is only supernatural virtues that will profit us unto life everlasting, since it is only whose object and life is God.
• These virtues are called theological from the Greek theos meaning God, because the Object.
• An appropriate symbol of the theological virtues is a living tree. Faith God the root hope is the trunk and charity the fruit.
• The common symbols depicting these three virtues a the Cross for faith, the anchor for hope and the burning heart for charity.
• Faith the is the virtue by which we finally believe all the truths God has revealed, on the word of God revealing them, who can neither deceive nor be deceived.
• Divine faith is belief in a truth or mystery known only because God reveals it.
• Hope is the virtue by which we firmly trust that God, who is all-powerful and faithful to his promises, will in his mercy give us eternal happiness and the means to obtain it.
• Charity is the virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor reatest as ourselves, for the love of God.
• Charity is the queen of virtues it unites God and man perfectly in love it also unites man and man, for the love of God.
• Human virtues are firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellectual and will that govern our actions, order our passions and guide our conduct according to reason and faith.
• Besides the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity there are other virtues called moral virtues.