Pentecost: With and without the Holy Spirit

Ignatius of Laodicea - June 2021

Without the Holy Spirit,
God is far away,
Christ stays in the past,
the Gospel is a dead letter,
the Church is simply an organisation,
authority a matter of domination,
mission a matter of propaganda,
liturgy is only nostalgia, a reminder of the past,
and Christian living a slave morality.

But with the Holy Spirit,
God is with us,
the universe is resurrected
and groans with the birth pangs of the kingdom,
the risen Christ is here,
the Gospel is a living force,
the Church is a communion in the life of the Trinity,
the body of the living Christ,
authority is a service that sets people free,
mission is Pentecost,
the liturgy is memory and anticipation,
and human action is God at work in this world.

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