Guided and Strengthened by the Holy Spirit

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Guided and Strengthened by the Holy Spirit

• Confirmation Session 2
• Mr. Herrera

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Objectives

• To deepen the candidates understanding of and
  appreciation for the activity of the Holy Spirit
• To explore the connections between the work of
  the Spirit and the sacrament of Confirmation
• To explore the images of the Holy Spirit

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Outline

• Opening Prayer 5 mins
• Intro to the Holy Spirit 10 mins
• Exercise Life in the Spirit 20 mins
• Experience the images and effects of the Holy
  Spirit 20 mins
• Closing Prayer 5 mins

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Opening Prayer

• Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your
  faithful and kindle in them the fire of your
  love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be
  created. And You shall renew the face of the
  earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy
  Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful,
  grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be
  truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations,
  Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

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Intro to the Holy Spirit

• Each divine person of the Trinity is the one God
• The Holy Spirit has been active in the world
  since Creation
• The Spirit, whom we experience and celebrate in
  Baptism, the Eucharist, and Confirmation, indeed
  all Sacraments, is the same Sprit throughout all
  of salvation history
• The Holy Spirit will continue to work with the
  Father and the Son until the plan for our
  salvation is complete
• The Holy Spirit is united with the Father and the
  Son in an unbreakable bond of love
• In Jesus we see a visible image of God, but
• The Holy Spirit reveals the Father and the Son

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Exercise Life in the Spirit

• Scripture

• Questions

• Luke 129-32, 35
• Luke 41-2
• Luke 1021
• Luke 414-21
• Luke 24 46, 48-49

• What actions were signs of the Spirits presence
  in Jesus?
• What actions or attitudes show that the Holy
  Spirit was with Him?
• Just before Jesus left his Apostles, what did he
  ask them to do?

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Exercise Follow Up

• Believe in the Holy Spirit also means the Christ
  is present and active in our lives today
• To each is given a manifestation of the Spirit
  for the common good.
• The Holy Spirit has given each of us gifts and a
  corresponding challenge
• The presence of the Holy Spirit is an
  extraordinary gift

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Images and Effects of the Holy Spirit

• Who can recall the story of Pentecost?
• Sticking Events?
• Physical manifestations?
• Read Acts 21-4
• What are the two images of the Holy Spirit
  presence and Power?
• Think about what they suggest or hint about the
  Holy Spirit

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Wind Exercise
Jot down as many ideas or insights about how wind
symbolizes the Holy Spirit
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Fire Exercise
Jot down as many ideas or insights about how fire
symbolizes the Holy Spirit
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Share with the Group

• Wind

• Fire

• Get volunteer to write them on board

• Get volunteer to write them on board

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Other images of the Holy Spirit

• What are other images of the Holy Spirit?
• Dove
• Cloud and light
• Hands
• Oil

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How is the Holy Spirit Present in the Sacraments?

• Baptism
• Blessing of the Water
• The Eucharist
• Make holy, therefore this gifts, we pray, by
  sending down your Spirit upon them
• Confirmation
• Send down your Holy Spirit upon them to be their
  Helper and Guide

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Closing Prayer - Hail, Holy Queen

•             Hail, holy Queen, Mother of
  Mercy!            Our life, our sweetness, and
  our hope!            To thee do we cry, poor
  banished             children of Eve, to thee do
  we send            up our sighs, mourning and
  weeping               in this valley, of
  tears.         Turn, then, most gracious
  advocate,            thine eyes of mercy toward
  us and            after this our exile show
  unto us the            blessed fruit of thy womb
  Jesus            O clement, O loving, O sweet
  virgin Mary.
•             Pray for us, O holy Mother of God
•             That we may be made worthy of the
  promises of Christ.