Healing El Shaddai Fr M Buckley

Pentecost should change our lives today as it did the first time the Holy Spirit came to the Apostles. We want the Holy Spirit in our lives as it was in theirs but the same thing does not seem to happen to us as happened to them. The signs we receive of the Holy Spirit in our lives will not be as dramatic and spectacular as it was then and so we need to remember that as Christians the Holy Spirit lives in us. St Paul reminds us "your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you and whom you received from God." (1 Corinthians: 6:18) He is your gift as a Christian from God your Father and Christ your Lord. You have already received him because he is in you and wants to continue his healing mission in your life.

There are signs however which will show you how he is working in your life. Allow him to pray through you not so much in words but in attitudes. Let him know that you believe he can and will change you. Ask him to help you to know and love yourself as you are now because until you do you will never be able to love God or anyone else. You have to accept that you are a damaged person but when you lay your whole life at the disposal of the Holy Spirit he will transform and heal you. Love yourself now as with the Holy Spirit you reach out to the person you want to become. Do not go back to the past or look forward anxiously to the future. Live in the present because this is where you will meet him day by day. Listen to what he is saying to you. It may not be in words but in an awareness of his presence in your life. Be at peace with yourself, confident that the outcome of your relatiionship with the Holy Spirit will be all that you desire and more. You are living a new life in the Holy Spirit so be patient because time is on your side.

Ask Him for the gift to know God as your Father and Christ as your Lord. This is a beautiful gift which will transform your life. You will be thinking of grace rather than sin, of life rather than death. Always remember that God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit will never stop loving you even when you stop loving yourself. They want you whole, happy and at deep inner peace within yourself. Relax in an awareness of their presence, and do not let the devil tempt you into thinking that you will never make it as you hoped you would. He will tell you that the peace you feel now is only a temporary phase which will soon pass. Every day is Pentecost Day and the Holy Spirit will make sure that you are celebrating your life with him in a beautiful Christian way.