The man who is filled with the Holy Spirit speaks in different
languages. These different languages are different ways of witnessing
to Christ, such as humility, poverty, patience and obedience; we
speak in those languages when we reveal in ourselves these virtues to
others. Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and
your actions speak. We are full of words but empty of actions, and
therefore are cursed by the Lord, since he himself cursed the fig
tree when He found not fruit but only leaves.
We should speak, then, as the Holy Spirit gives us the gift of
speech. Our humble and sincere request to the Spirit for ourselves
should be that we may bring the day of Pentecost to fulfillment,
insofar as He infuses us with His grace, by using our bodily senses
in a perfect manner and by keeping the commandments.
Likewise, we should request that we may be filled with a keen sense
of sorrow and with fiery tongues for confessing the faith, so that
our deserved reward may be to stand in the blazing splendor of the
saints and to look upon the triune God.
St. Anthony of Padua
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Lord, may everything we do begin with Your inspiration and continue
with Your help,
so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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