In today's first reading, Isaiah 11:1-10, prophesizes that a "shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a Spirit of counsel and of strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord, and his delight shall be the fear of the Lord...."
Every confirmed Christian has received the same Spirit that Isaiah describes in this passage. At our baptism and reinforced, so to speak, at our confirmation, the Holy Spirit poured forth upon each one of us a Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a Spirit of counsel and of strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord." When we receive Holy Communion, the body and blood, soul and divinity, those same gifts are given to us in Christ Jesus. We are one with Jesus and Jesus one with us. God lives in us--the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and in them, each of the gifts of the Spirit. Open our eyes, awaken our hearts, to this truth!
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