These profound words were uttered by a young adult recently. I couldn't help but smile as he continued, "I mean, c'mon. We've got the Father - ok, I can handle that - and if he's a Father, then he has to have a Son. That makes sense. The Son is human like us. Alright, I can sort of get it. Makes sense. Then, you throw the Spirit in there and I lose everything."
Most, if not all, honest people will have to admit having felt this way before. Most, if not all of us, come to recognize the Spirit relatively late in our journey of faith. And, yet, to the Spirit is attributed our personal experience with God - our encountering him in our daily life.
Therefore, I beg to differ from the young adult quoted above. We know the Spirit, intimately. After all, the Spirit is Love. Love is creative. In every creative event in our lives, every moment that we are becoming the person we are intended by God, the Spirit is at work.
That's right. Burn with love for God? Tears of Joy and Repentance? Courage under fire? Moved to pray? Received the Eucharist? Wondered about something good? Reverent fear of God? Know your catechism and Scripture? Persevering in virtue? Felt peace? The Spirit.
Next time you are tempted to "give up" on the Spirit - stop and remember - everything you've ever experienced about God, everything you've learned, everything you've felt, everything you've desired to know, every holy motivation, every worthy accomplishment, every step in the right direction, is indication of His presence. If you know that God exists, you know the Spirit... as familiar and wonderful, mysterious and easily to forget as the air we breathe!
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