What are possible stumbling blocks to you receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit?  Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.  Your car.  If it should be in the junkyard, it could prevent you from being in the Spirit. Poverty…could be more apt to steal or compromise oneself.

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A poverty of knowing.

Paths of disorder.

“Eat ’em when you need ’em.”-frozen dinners, Marie Callenders, Lean Cuisine, Stouffers. copyright Lucia E. and John M. Rubens May 20, 2018

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Dynamite–

Pentecost Sunday with Wade Menezes, CPM @EWTN

Big Bang–

Sending Forth

Fast at first relative to space, appears to expand slower.

Subsequent manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

By comparison to ancient times, the Holy Spirit was more “disruptive” in the First Century.

Compare, 

1970’s “disruption” less “disruptive” than First Century disruption.

*Fire

Pontifex at St. Peter’s Basilica for Penecost @EWTN.  Both Menezes and EWTN noted John 20: 20-23 but the gospel reading was John 15:26-27, John 16:12-16.

Pentecost–Holy Spirit

Quenching of Fire and the Spirit shared.

Going Forth

Do I need a new computer?

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/05/22/7-gifts-of-the-holy-spirit-12-fruits-of-the-holy-spirit-wisdom-understanding-lead-to-charity-and-patience-for-instance-wademenezescpm