ACC ~ John 15 v26c

COME HOLY SPIRIT

[1]AMBROSE:

Come, Holy Spirit, who ever One

Are with the Father and the Son,

It is the hour, our souls possess

With your full flood of holiness.

Let flesh, and heart, and lips and mind,

Sound forth our witness to humankind;

And love light up our mortal frame,

Till others catch the living flame.

Grant this, O Father, ever One

With Christ, your sole begotten Son

And Holy Spirit we adore,

Reigning and blest forevermore. Amen.

LITURGY OF HOURS, TERCE.[2]

THE SPIRIT KNOWS WHAT THE SON KNOWS

AMBROSE: So the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and bears witness of the Son. A witness, both faithful and true, bears witness also of the Father. There is no more complete expression of the divine majesty, nothing more clear regarding the unity of divine power than this, since the Spirit knows the same as the Son, who is the witness and the inseparable sharer of the Father’s secrets. ON THE HOLY SPIRIT 1.1.25. [1]

[1] FC 44:45*; CSEL 79:26-27.

SIGNS OF PENTECOST WILL VINDICATE JESUS

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Through the descent of the Spirit, he says, there will be a confirmation of what I said, that is, that they committed a serious offense against me and my Father. When in my name signs happen through the power of the Spirit, then the truth of my words will appear. It will be evident that the Father was despised with me because of the iniquity of my enemies. And then Jesus, wanting to emphasize their fault on the basis of the person who will testify, says, “who comes from the Father,” that is, the one whose essence is from the nature of the Father. In fact, if the natural procession [of the Spirit] were not understood from the word comes but, for instance, a certain external sending, there would be uncertainty about the spirit he is talking about, because many spirits are sent on missions, as also the apostle Paul said, “Are not all angels spirits in the divine service, sent to serve?” [1] Here also the fact that he mentions it by itself is sufficient to signify the one who proceeds from the Father and appropriately is called by the name of Spirit in the Holy Scripture. COMMENTARY ON JOHN 6.15.26. [2]

[1] Heb 1:14.

[2] CSCO 4 3:287-88.

[1]Hymn used for the office of Terce (mid-morning prayer, about 9:00 A.M.) from the Liturgy of the Hours. It is particularly appropriate for Terce, for it was at that hour the Holy Spirit came on the apostles on Pentecost (Acts 2:15).

[2]HBM 35.