WHERE THE SPIRIT BREATHES
Prayer and Action

WHERE THE SPIRIT BREATHES
Prayer and Action

Where the Spirit breathes there is life, there is love, there is boundless creative activity. Persons are glorified by the Spirit of Love who possesses them. The human personality is elevated and broadened by this presence and possession of the Spirit. The senses are purified, the intellect refined, the will strengthened, and we are made whole. All Christians, from the moment of their baptism, are called to know and to participate in the riches of God’s own divine life in them and to experience the supernatural love which the grace of the sacrament contains. And more, they are to become the conscious collaborators of the sanctifying apostolic action of the Holy Spirit within them to save the world. The teaching presented here by Father Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus is at the heart of his personal experience and spiritual doctrine. An ardent devotee and disciple of St. Thérèse of Lisieux from whom he learned much about the working of the Holy Spirit and familiar himself with the action of the Spirit in his own life, he teaches us the paths of silent prayer, which lead to the transforming action of the Spirit in our lives. He speaks of the loving and fertile collaboration we can have with the Holy Spirit and he describes here its requirements and its wealth, opening up to those who want to live their baptismal grace more fully the immense horizon of holiness which stretches out before them.

About the Author: Father Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus (1894-1967), a Carmelite priest and founder of the Institute of Our Lady of Life, is the author of the spiritual masterpiece I Want to See God (Fides, 1955) which has sold 100,000 copies in six languages, and Under the Torrent of His Love: Thérèse of Lisieux, a Spiritual Genius (Alba House, 1995).