The Holy Spirit filled the early Church. Even pagans who had not been baptised seem to have been filled with Him. I hate to have to say this but  I have only ever been aware of the Third Person of our Triune God by reflecting on the words of Jesus and the witness in the Acts and letters of Paul. In fact I have always been suspicious of "Charisma" as its signs also seem to be able to be produced at rock concerts. We have always been advised to avoid "enthusiasm". As I write this, however, my past is always present in my mind and although I have had no experience of  "tongues" or "snake bites" in my life, and I have fallen away from the "Way the Truth and the Life" on numerous occasions I have always,( "Deo gratias") been drawn back to the Father through the Son by the still quiet call of the Holy Spirit in my heart.

Dear Lord let my faith be founded on the solid rock of Peter the Fisherman whom the Pagans wanted to stay with them as their experience of the  Holy Spirit had filled their hearts with love for Peter's Crucified Rabbi.

The love that God has shown for his creation Man is beyond understanding but its effects  can be celebrated both positively and negatively. Recently I read on the web an appalling statement. The man writing it claims to be a servant of God and yet he wrote that Homosexual acts were pleasing to God because they are an expression of Love. Many sins are excused as acts of "love" but that is only using the  the disembowelled word "love" and not God's Love for us. He has rescued us from Sin by the Sacrifice and by the presence of the identical Spirit which is the Love of the Father and the Son.

Dear Lord in whose arms of Mercy all can find Love and rest forgive those clergy and ex-clergy who disseminate so much stupidity and falsehood. Let us lose our selves in love of You and our neighbour and let us know that in Jesus' name we find the Father and the Holy Spirit whose gifts I have largely ignored . Forgive me.