THE SPIRIT MOVING OVER THE GREAT DEEP: THE WORLD’S THIRSTS, OUR RESPONSE
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbto.2018.1.06Keywords:
Holy Spirit, Christian Spirituality, Mission of the Church, Mission of the Spirit, MissiologyAbstract
My reflection is about the Holy Spirit, about that Spirit of gentleness and restlessness who moves over the waters of the Great Deep, stirring up the thirsts of the world, and calling us to join her, as Christians and religious, to slake those thirsts. A first part will reflect on the Spirit who stirs up those thirsts. A second part will outline several of those thirsts. A third part will reflect on how the Spirit calls Christians to join her mission of slaking those thirsts, and a fourth and final part will suggest that we, as religious women and men can play a particular part in that thirst-slaking mission of the Spirit.
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