Spirit Mystery in the Wind

The Roman Catholic Lectionary today contains texts which refer to the Holy Spirit and the role of the unseen and most mysterious aspect of the Divine in the lives of believers. The Holy Spirit has inspired the wisdom and prophesies of the ancients. Through the truth revealed by the Holy Spirit and the courage given to the Apostles, the mission of Jesus is accomplished by the Body of Christ. The destiny of Israel as the people of God is affirmed in the Spirit proclaimed by the psalmist. This Spirit is shared by Jesus with Nicodemus as the latter seeks to understand, as we all do, the movement of the Divine in the Life of the universe. We perhaps seek the wind. Too often, our goal is control yet people ancient and modern, like Richard Holloway , who talked to Mary Hynes, on CBC Tapestry, about his most recent book "Between the Monster and the Saint: Reflections on the Human Condition" have a sense of the uniqueness of the universe and the “X” factors in the life about us which defy our rational explanations. We remain where we must exist, in the time, and in the Mystery with glimpse of the infinite and timeless.