CeCe Winans believes that the Holy Spirit is a critical ingredient to staying grounded in faith. “You have to understand the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis explained that the Holy Spirit’s gift of understanding allows Christians to obtain “intimacy with God” and helps them understand things “as God understands them.” “When the ...

In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased within a soul: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Fresco of Pentecost in Church of ...

At the General audience, Francis continues to illustrate the gifts of the Holy Spirit. "Understanding a situation in depth , as God understands, is the effect of this gift" and not so "a Christian can ...

In 1957 a Dutch theologian named George Johan Sirks published an article in the Harvard Theological Review provocatively titled: "The Cinderella of Theology: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit." Sirks ...

Who is this Holy Spirit? Or, what is the Holy Spirit? These questions and many others will be explored for understanding the Holy Spirit during the next “101 Saturday Series” on Saturday, April 6, at ...

Let us ask for “the grace of obedience and that the Holy Spirit will help us to defend ourselves from this other evil spirit of self-sufficiency, pride, arrogance, closure of the heart to the Holy ...

For a majority of Christians, the Holy Spirit is a third of the Trinity, and memorizing verses about the spirit of God are encouraged to do. "The Triune God", also known as the Father, Son, and the ...

I remember the night so well. I was in my early 20s and sitting inside my car in a park in Columbia, troubled about some circumstances in my life. As I was praying, I was reminded of my Bible on the ...

Today across the world many Christian communities have marked Pentecost Sunday. It's associated with the moment, described in the the book of Acts in the new testament, that some 50 days after Jesus ...