Prayer of Paul

The texts in the Roman Catholic Lectionary today begin with the prayer of Paul for the Ephesians that the spirit of God would continue to give them the wisdom and the revelation to know the glorious inheritance to which they are called. The movement of the Spirit invites us to come to know. This growth is ongoing. Great movement may be experienced or steady change may be the pattern. The openness to this change is the key. Luke’s Gospel echoes the power of the Spirit to bring strength to the faithful when required. The power of the movement of the Spirit in our relationship with God, places abuse of that power in the category of a serious blaspheme.