“ALL WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT” (Acts 2:4) - One Bread, One Body, 08/18/2024

Sunday, August 18, 2024, 20th Sunday Ordinary Time

Proverbs 9:1-6
Ephesians 5:15-20
Psalm 34:2-7
John 6:51-58
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"ALL WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT" (Acts 2:4)
"Be filled with the Spirit." —Ephesians 5:18

At our Baptisms, we became temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19). The Lord wants us to be filled with the Spirit (Eph 5:18; see also Acts 2:4). St. Paul taught that those filled with the Holy Spirit do the following four things. They:

1)      address “one another in psalms and hymns and inspired songs” (Eph 5:19),

2)      “sing praise to the Lord” (Eph 5:19) in their hearts,

3)      “give thanks to God the Father always and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph 5:20), and

4)      submit to one another out of fear of the Lord (see Eph 5:21).

Those filled with the Holy Spirit have set their hearts on higher realms (Col 3:1). Spiritually, they inhabit the throne room of God. They have entered “His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise” (Ps 100:4). Those filled with the Spirit upbuild, encourage, and submit to those around them. They can love their neighbor in this way because they love themselves (Lk 10:27). They love themselves because the Holy Spirit cries out in their hearts “Abba!” (“Father!”) (Gal 4:6) Secure in their Father’s love, those filled with the Spirit are a people of praise, thanksgiving, submission, and love. Accept the grace to be filled and stay filled with the Holy Spirit.

Prayer: "To the One seated on the throne, and to the Lamb, be praise and honor, glory and might, forever and ever!" (Rv 5:13)

Promise: "I Myself am the living Bread come down from heaven. If anyone eats this Bread he shall live forever; the Bread I will give is My flesh, for the life of the world." —Jn 6:51

Praise: Glory to You, risen Jesus, our Lord, our Teacher, our Example, and our Brother. Alleluia!



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