THE POWER FROM ABOVE by Fr R. Cantalamessa O.F.M. Cap
Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa is a Franciscan Capuchin Catholic Priest. Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, 22 July 1934, ordained priest in 1958. Divinity Doctor and Doctor in classical literature. In 1980 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II Preacher to the Papal Household in which capacity he still serves, preaching a weekly sermon in Advent and Lent.
I conclude this post by Fr Raneiro Cantalamessa, Preacher to the Papal Household with a few remarks.
- I have had enough experience of the Charismatic Renewal to know that it is a genuine renewal in the Spirit and leads many people to holiness, even though many have an over-use of imagination on the way and some are led astray. Much the same can be said for any popular movement, like the monastic movement in the 4th century
- If the way of the Old Testament was the Law, the way of the New Testament is to live in synergy with the Holy Spirit as we give up our self-will in favour of the will of God, moment by moment, and also – in the words of St Seraphim of Sarov – holiness is nothing less than “the asquisition of the Holy Spirit”..
- Our model is the Blessed Virgin who replied to the Good News conveyed by the angel, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” She gave birth, but it was the Holy Spirit that enabled her to become the God-bearer which was far outside her powers alone. So with us: we respond to God’s invitation, and the Holy Spirit enables us to be and live by being sons and daughters of God “in Christ”.
- History and our own experience have shown that the Holy Spirit can act in ways thatare obviously externally dramatic, but that he usually doesn’t. Ordinary, every-day events can be just as charged with the Holy Spirit and, in the sacraments, even more so. An authentic Christian life is shot through with the Holy Spirit all the time; and
- We don’t have to act in our prayer like descendents of African slaves in Los Angeles, to dance around and clap our hands, to be genuinely charismatic; even though no harm is being done and much good achieved by doing so if it helps us to respond to the Holy Spirit. I used to tell the students in a “charismatic” seminary where I worked for a year, that all the clapping and dancing around is like shaven heads and bells and smells in the monastery, mere froth on the beer. It is not what is essential. On the other hand, if beer is without froth, then it is probably dead and needs to be replaced: but each to his particular kind of froth.- Fr David
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