There is nothing more important in this life than to possess and be possessed by the Holy Spirit. The descent of the Spirit at Pentecost fulfills Christ’s saving death and even creation itself. God created the world so that He might become a man, and he became man so that he might in the Ascension take our humanity into heaven, and he took our humanity into heaven so that He could send the Spirit to us, and He sent the Spirit to us so that the Spirit might take us to where He is in heaven. All that to say: the Spirit descends that we might ascend. Continue reading “Holiness Leads to Happiness”