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00:29Well then,
00:29So, we return to the last part of our class in which we will talk about the gifts and charisms of
00:35Holy Spirit.
00:38One topic that certainly cannot be omitted is St. Paul's Catechesis on the particular action of the Holy Spirit.
00:45in the faithful that we call charisms.
00:48The first thing we need to know is that gift and charisma are the same thing.
00:53In both cases it means gift.
00:57Don is in Latin and charisma is in Greek.
01:01This difference has been used to distinguish between the action that the Spirit ordinarily performs in people,
01:09which we will call gifts,
01:12of his extraordinary action in believers, which we will call charisms.
01:16Gifts are given to us to build our Christian life and grow in holiness.
01:24We receive them all, absolutely, we receive the seven gifts at baptism.
01:30The charisms, for their part, are given to us for the edification and growth of the community.
01:37And these, obviously, can vary in number, mode, and permanence.
01:43Just to complete this section about the gifts we receive at the time of our baptism,
01:50I would like to mention that these are found in Isaiah 11:2, in which we read,
02:10The church, based on this quote, recognizes that the Spirit itself produces these actions in the heart of
02:18man
02:18And he has completed these gifts, leaving seven gifts that are received directly in baptism.
02:25and of which we can be witnesses.
02:29We have the list of these seven gifts: wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge, piety, fortitude, and fear of the Lord.
02:42It would be too lengthy to elaborate on them right now.
02:45There will be another opportunity in some other catechesis to revisit them.
02:51I conclude, then, by saying that we all have these gifts and that they are what make us grow in holiness.
02:58and to be able to help others, preparing ourselves for an ever more perfect and intimate encounter with God.
03:07Now, as regards charisms, Saint Paul mentions them both in the Letter to the Romans,
03:13in his chapter 12, like the Corinthians, where he will dedicate three chapters to it, practically, 12, 13 and 14.
03:21There we will find the two largest lists of these graces that God gives to man
03:27to put them at the service of others.
03:31We could say that they are supernatural gifts,
03:34granted by God to certain people at a certain time.
03:39These gifts or charisms are a gift to the Church,
03:43If we analyze the Old Testament,
03:46We will see that they all already existed and were practiced by many of the prophets,
03:51of the kings and the priests,
03:53and even by many lay people who were instruments of God's grace
03:57so that at some point in Israel's history they could, therefore,
04:02to encourage the people, to lead them, to direct them, to prophesy, etc.
04:06However, we must say that God grants them in an incomparably different way in the Church
04:15through the merits of Jesus Christ.
04:18These gifts are given to serve in the building up of the Church
04:22and therefore its effects are manifested in favor of the members of the body of the Church
04:30based on love.
04:32They are useful for the mission and, therefore, are neither private,
04:38In other words, they are not superfluous for selfish and personal use.
04:42They are all very important because they are oriented towards the mission of the Church.
04:47It is important that we keep in mind that these gifts or presents
04:52They are not requirements for personal salvation, as sanctifying grace is.
04:57that develops in us the gifts of the Spirit.
05:00Therefore, the one who has the greatest number of charisms is not necessarily the holiest.
05:06as the Corinthians thought, right?, and even the Romans.
05:09In other words, we are not holier for having the gifts of tongues, healing, and so on.
05:16However, we must say that saints are characterized
05:21for the good use of their charisms because they always put them at the service of the Church.
05:26In this way, they motivate the Church in its mission
05:30and they develop love in themselves and in others.
05:34For this reason, we can say that these gifts or presents
05:38They can be of a temporary nature, as already mentioned,
05:44since the Holy Spirit gives them and takes them away according to his good pleasure.
05:50Let me put it another way, not according to your wishes, that's certainly the case,
05:55but according to the needs of the Church.
06:00And they are not like the gifts that remain from our baptism until our death.
06:05That is why throughout the history of the Church
06:08Some have appeared and disappeared depending on the usefulness that our Church has required at each moment.
06:17Their presence today poses a problem, because, as happened in Corinth,
06:22Everyone wants to own them all, especially the most eye-catching ones.
06:27Therefore, Saint Paul invites us to ask for the gift of charity,
06:33which is fundamental if we truly want to present ourselves as Christians,
06:38And following that is preaching, which is fundamental to the expansion of the kingdom.
06:46They are truly useful and effective, so it is good to ask for them out of love for the Church.
06:51to serve with them and better serve our community.
06:58We must keep in mind that these can never be acquired or foreseen through human effort.
07:06If I can't, I'll speak in tongues.
07:09No, there are people who are deceived and claim to speak in tongues, because they are talking pure nonsense.
07:14It's because he wants it, because he doesn't have it and feels that if he doesn't have it,
07:17Well, he's not in the community and he's not going to be saved, or I don't know what he thinks.
07:21No, let's not fool ourselves.
07:23Remember this, brothers: to deceive, to deceive oneself in the spiritual life,
07:28To claim to have a gift when you don't, instead of advancing in our spiritual life,
07:33It's always going backwards.
07:36Gifts are a direct action of the Holy Spirit on a specific person at a specific time.
07:45No, I can't hold onto it, nor can I have it.
07:48When God gives it to me, He gives it to me.
07:50And when God takes it away, I can never have it again.
07:53but not until he decides again,
07:57so that it may be useful for the church, to confer it on me again.
08:00We might ask ourselves,
08:02Are the gifts that appear in biblical texts the only ones?
08:07Of course not.
08:09The Spirit is a free being,
08:11depending on the needs of the church
08:15and the spiritual perspectives that he deems appropriate for a person,
08:20It generates new charisms for personal edification
08:24and also for the building of the church.
08:28It is up to the bishops and the hierarchy.
08:32I want to clarify now that it is to the bishops and the hierarchy
08:38who is responsible for the delicate task of examining
08:42and to cultivate the charisms that are continually born within the people of God.
08:47Among its functions is also to bring to light
08:51new forms of charisms and ensuring that they remain alive,
08:56inserting them appropriately into the life of the church.
09:00On this matter, when one discerns,
09:03The advice of Saint Paul should be taken into account.
09:06in his letter to the Thessalonians.
09:08Let's look at this important text.
09:11because the issue of discernment is fundamental,
09:15As I was saying earlier,
09:17who deceives himself by saying or thinking he has charisma
09:21And if it doesn't have it, it will hardly make any progress.
09:23and may even regress in their spiritual life.
09:26Let's look at this text from 1 Thessalonians,
09:29Let's go to chapter 5, verses 19 to 21.
09:34The text tells us,
09:35Do not quench the spirit,
09:38Do not despise prophecies,
09:40rather,
09:42examine everything carefully,
09:45Underline the word carefully,
09:49Focus on the positive.
09:51In this text we see a fundamental element of discernment,
09:57analyze everything,
09:59Remove what is not convenient and good
10:02for my life or for the community
10:04and keep only the good things.
10:08On the other hand,
10:09with regard to the charisms received
10:12for the good of the community,
10:13the apostle,
10:14in his letter to Timothy,
10:16in his second letter to Timothy,
10:18It also provides some guidelines for discernment.
10:20Let's look at 2 Timothy 1:6.
10:24Whereby,
10:25I remember you
10:26that you may fan into flame the gift of God
10:29that is in you through the laying on of my hands.
10:34That is to say,
10:35We must revive it with prayer
10:37and with all available means
10:39in our spiritual life
10:41graces or charisms
10:43that God has granted us,
10:45These are the things that will make it possible
10:47the construction
10:48of a more spiritual community
10:51and grounded in the spirit that acts
10:53with great power in it.
10:56Well,
10:56another topic
10:57which is important
10:59is talking
10:59on the topic
11:01of the fruits of the Spirit,
11:04because also
11:05It's something
11:06that will define us
11:07as Christians.
11:09And this is clearly expressed.
11:11in Paul's thoughts
11:13on the topic
11:15of the spirit
11:16And so it is fundamental
11:17for our spiritual life
11:19because it will reveal to us
11:21really
11:22if our life
11:24She is truly Christian.
11:26Let's say it's the thermometer,
11:27I could say,
11:28It's the thermometer
11:29of our lives.
11:31Just like in the tree
11:32we see the fruit coming out
11:34And one says,
11:34this tree
11:35Yes, it's good.
11:36and if it doesn't bear fruit
11:37Well, it's not good.
11:38This is what the fruits will be like.
11:40in us.
11:41In his letter to the Galatians
11:43in chapter 5
11:44the apostle writes
11:46on the topic
11:47of the main fruits
11:49of the spirit.
11:50I would like you to accompany me
11:52in reading.
11:52Let's go to Galatians 5:22.
11:54The apostle tells us,
11:57But the fruit of the Spirit
11:59It's love,
12:00joy,
12:01peace,
12:02patience,
12:04benignity,
12:05goodness,
12:06fidelity,
12:08meekness,
12:09self-control.
12:11The apostle says,
12:12against such things
12:13There is no law anymore.
12:15I mean,
12:16when the Holy Spirit
12:17directs us
12:18in this way,
12:19because the law
12:20is left over
12:20completely
12:21overcome.
12:24These two verses
12:25enclose
12:26the power
12:27transforming
12:28of the spirit
12:29in a person.
12:30A person
12:31that has remained
12:32filled with the spirit
12:33will be a person
12:34full of love,
12:36peaceful,
12:37patient,
12:38benign,
12:38kind.
12:40It will be a person
12:40faithful
12:41in which there will be
12:42meekness
12:43and self-control.
12:47I mean,
12:47a person
12:48wonderful.
12:50The new man
12:51He is a wonderful being.
12:53What it does
12:54and operates
12:54the spirit
12:55in man
12:55it just can't be
12:56given
12:57nor received
12:58by no means.
13:00Only he
13:00He can do it.
13:02Of course
13:03which this implies
13:05that the spirit
13:06so that it feeds
13:07as we already said
13:09previously
13:10and that we don't turn it off
13:11with our way
13:12of living
13:13and with the lack
13:14of spiritual life.
13:16A person
13:17that has received
13:18the spirit
13:19and that feeds it
13:20continuously
13:21avoiding
13:22sadden him
13:23you will see a life
13:24full of happiness
13:25and it will be an instrument
13:27so that those who
13:28share life
13:29with the
13:30may they also
13:31very happy.
13:33The apostle
13:34It also tells us
13:35a little further on
13:37in that same letter
13:38which is very beautiful
13:39in the letter
13:40to the Galatians
13:41where it contrasts
13:42the terrible fruits
13:43of the meat
13:44that only
13:45destroy
13:46man's life
13:47the fruits
13:48of the spirit
13:49They feed it
13:50And they do.
13:51to be a person
13:51wonderful.
13:52Let's go right there.
13:54where we are
13:54Galatians 5
13:55Let's go a little bit
13:56forward
13:57in your Bible
13:58Galatians 6, 7, 8
13:59please
14:00highlight this text
14:02because for me
14:03It's beautiful.
14:04and also
14:05it gives us
14:05well one
14:07an idea
14:08very clear
14:09of the need
14:11that we have
14:11to feed well
14:12to the Holy Spirit.
14:14Let's see what it tells us.
14:16Don't be fooled
14:17of God
14:18Nobody makes fun of me.
14:19well, everything that
14:21man always sows
14:22that will also be reaped
14:24because he who sows
14:25for his meat
14:26of the meat
14:28will harvest
14:28corruption
14:29but he who sows
14:31in the spirit
14:33and for the spirit
14:34will harvest
14:35eternal life.
14:38In this appointment
14:39Saint Paul
14:39It makes us see
14:40the importance
14:41of our life
14:42daily
14:43and in what
14:44we invest
14:45our time
14:46and our resources
14:47if we do it
14:48searching
14:49a spiritual life
14:51I would be
14:51her
14:52we will have
14:53eternal life
14:54but if instead
14:55to feed
14:56the spirit
14:57we feed
14:58our meat
14:58that is to say
14:59our passions
15:00her
15:01we will only get
15:02death
15:03and destruction
15:04therefore
15:05confirms
15:06what I had already said
15:07in his letter to the Romans
15:08in the chapter
15:096 verse 23
15:10a date
15:11which I hope
15:12that you have recorded
15:13there in your heart
15:13the salary
15:14of sin
15:15It is death
15:17I'll leave it here
15:18and our reflection
15:19Well, I think that
15:20with everything that already
15:21we have said
15:22It is seen in depth
15:23which certainly
15:24the spirit
15:25has a place
15:26fundamental
15:27in San Pablo
15:29from the fact
15:30which invites us
15:32to walk
15:32in the spirit
15:33that is to say
15:34to be guided
15:35by this force
15:36loving God
15:37and not because of our
15:38passions
15:39as we have seen
15:40they will take us
15:41irretrievably
15:43to death
15:44Let us then search
15:45to live in the spirit
15:47Let us live
15:48and let's encourage
15:50to the spirit
15:50so that we can
15:52grow
15:53spiritually
15:54and have a life
15:55full
15:56loving
15:57full of peace
15:58with joy
15:59of joy
16:00and that we can
16:02share it
16:03with those
16:04that we live
16:05we're going to leave
16:07here already
16:07our reflection
16:08I'll be waiting for you.
16:09in our
16:09next class
16:10because it will be
16:11a class
16:12extremely important
16:13we have spoken
16:14to feed
16:15to the spirit
16:16and one of the
16:17main foods
16:18It is the prayer
16:19and obviously
16:20in spirituality
16:21of Saint Paul
16:22it couldn't be missing
16:23this element
16:24so important
16:25I'll be waiting for you.
16:26in our next
16:27meeting
16:28to talk
16:29of the prayer
16:29as trust
16:31and power
16:32until then
16:33blessings
16:34for you
16:34your family
16:45of the prayer
16:51Thanks for watching the video.