Edition Fifteen | 27th May 2020

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This week we have a chance to reflect more deeply on the meaning of reconciliation as we prepare for the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The Holy Spirit dwells within every one of us inspiring the proclamation of Jesus’ message. The fruit of the Spirit is peace, reconciliation and healing among members of the community. 

In an extract from a resource featured in this edition, Mary Coloe describes the Holy Spirit:

“When you stand in an underground train station, the first sense you have of an approaching train is the wind as the train pushes the air in front of it. You cannot hear or see anything yet, but the wind announces the train is on its way. I liken this to our experience of the Spirit. In both Hebrew and Greek, the word for spirit is the same as ‘wind’ or ‘breath’. Like the wind, we do not see or hear the Spirit, but we experience its effects: 

    • the urge to respond to an issue of justice 
    • the move to compassion at the sight of suffering 
    • the ongoing, subtle sense of God’s presence in our lives 
    • the ability to discern what is right from what is wrong. 

These are the signs of the Spirit in our lives”  

~ Mary Coloe May 2012, Garrett Publishing (full text in the Source and Summit below)

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