{"id":36302,"date":"2019-04-09T00:07:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T06:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=36302"},"modified":"2019-04-13T18:13:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T00:13:48","slug":"all-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/all-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Difference","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36305 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/allthediff3-807x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/allthediff3-807x1024.jpg 807w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/allthediff3-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/allthediff3-768x974.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/allthediff3.jpg 1183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CARDINAL<\/strong> Sarah was blunt: &#8220;A West that denies its faith, its history, its roots, and its identity is destined for contempt, for death, and disappearance.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/05\/the-african-now-word\/\"><em>The African Now Word<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Statistics reveal that this is not a prophetic warning\u2014it&#8217;s a prophetic fulfillment:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>Unbridled passions will give way to a total corruption of customs because Satan will reign through the Masonic sects, targeting the children in particular to insure general corruption\u2026. The sacrament of Matrimony, which symbolizes the union of Christ with the Church, will be thoroughly attacked and profaned. Masonry, then reigning, will implement iniquitous laws aimed at extinguishing this sacrament. They will make it easy for all to live in sin, thus multiplying the birth of illegitimate children without the Church\u2019s blessing\u2026. In those times the atmosphere will be saturated with the spirit of impurity which, like a filthy sea, will engulf the streets and public places with incredible license.\u2026 Innocence will scarcely be found in children, or modesty in women. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014Our Lady of Good Success\u00a0to Ven. Mother Mariana on the Feast of the Purification, 1634; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfp.org\/prophecies-of-our-lady-of-good-success-about-our-times\/\">tfp.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholictradition.org\/Mary\/good-success.htm\">catholictradition.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The percentage of Americans who claim to have no religion has risen by 266% since 1991.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">General Social Survey, University of Chicago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6886705\/Is-America-Godless-number-people-no-religion-rose-266-three-decades.html\">dailymail.co.uk<\/a>, April 4th, 2019<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> The number of those claiming no religion is the same now as Catholics and Protestants combined, with 3% fewer saying they are Catholic compared to four years ago.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/04\/13\/us\/no-religion-largest-group-first-time-usa-trnd\/index.html\">CNN.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In Canada, Pew Research reports that &#8216;the number of Canadians with no religious affiliation has been rising, and attendance at religious services <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-36318\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/emptycathchrch2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/emptycathchrch2.jpg 787w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/emptycathchrch2-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/emptycathchrch2-768x781.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/>has been dropping&#8217;; those who identify as Catholic have dropped from 47% to 39% over four decades.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/2013\/06\/27\/canadas-changing-religious-landscape\/\">pewforum.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In Latin America, Catholics will no longer be in the majority by 2030. And in just four years, the number of Chilean Catholics dropped by 11%\u2014despite a Latin American pontiff.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bccatholic.ca\/content\/the-decline-of-catholicism-in-latin-america\">bccatholic.ca<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In Australia, a recent census reveals that the number of people indicating they had \u2018No Religion\u2019 has increased by a staggering 5o% from just 2011 to 2016.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/AUSSTATS\/abs@.nsf\/mediareleasesbyReleaseDate\/8497F7A8E7DB5BEFCA25821800203DA4?OpenDocument\">abs.gov.au<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In Ireland, only 18% of Catholics were attending Mass regularly by 2011.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecircular.org\/the-decline-of-catholicism-in-ireland\/\">thecircular.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> And Europeans have abandoned Christianity such that only 2% of Belgian youth say they go to Mass every week; in Hungary, 3%; Austria, 3%; Lithuania, 5%; and Germany, 6%. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">&#8220;Findings from the European Social Survey (2014-16) to inform the 2018 Synod of Bishops&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmarys.ac.uk\/research\/centres\/benedict-xvi\/docs\/2018-mar-europe-young-people-report-eng.pdf\">stmarys.ac.uk<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another statistic: After Jesus Christ gathered thousands around Him, healing their sick, raising the dead, casting out their demons and miraculously feeding them&#8230; only a few of His followers remained beneath the Cross. Even after His Resurrection and Ascension, there was but a handful that gathered in the Upper Room to wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit. And when the Spirit came?<\/p>\n<p><em>Three thousand were converted that day.<\/em> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The moral of the story: the Church must gather once again in the &#8220;upper room&#8221; of prayer and repentance to implore, as it were, a <em>new Pentecost<\/em>. Since St. John XXIII, this has indeed been the prayer of every pope:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>This stifling worldliness can only be healed by breathing in the pure air of the Holy Spirit who frees us from self-centredness cloaked in an outward religiosity bereft of God. <\/strong>\u2014POPE FRANCIS, <em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 97<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Not that Pentecost has ever ceased to be an actuality during the whole history of the Church, but so great are the needs and the perils of the present age, so vast the horizon of mankind drawn towards world coexistence and powerless to achieve it, that there is no salvation for it except in a new outpouring of the gift of God.<\/strong> \u2014POPE ST. PAUL VI, <em>Gaudete in Domino, <\/em>May 9th, 1975, Sect. VII;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/holy_father\/paul_vi\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_p-vi_exh_19750509_gaudete-in-domino_en.html\"> www.vatican.va<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But wait. Haven&#8217;t we already received the Holy Spirit in Baptism and Confirmation&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FILLED&#8230; AGAIN, AND AGAIN<\/p>\n<p>What is the following event described in the Acts of the Apostles?:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">When they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness. (Acts 4:31)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Did you guess &#8220;Pentecost&#8221;? That&#8217;s incorrect. Pentecost occurred\u00a0<em>two chapters earlier.\u00a0<\/em>And yet we read that at both events, the same men\u00a0<em>&#8220;were all filled with the Holy Spirit.&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Acts 2:4<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> How can they be filled again? And again?<\/p>\n<p>The Angel Gabriel greeted Mary as one\u00a0<em>&#8220;full of grace,&#8221;<\/em> or as Dr. Scott Hahn explains, she who&#8230;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-36311\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/maryfilled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/maryfilled.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/maryfilled-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>&#8230;&#8221;has been&#8221; and &#8220;is now&#8221; filled with divine life.<\/strong> \u2014<em>Ignatius Catholic Bible Study,\u00a0<\/em>footnote on Luke 1:28; p. 105<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That is, Mary was already &#8220;filled with the Holy Spirit&#8221; prior to the Annunciation. But a\u00a0<em>new\u00a0<\/em>divine action was necessary in the world. And thus, the Holy Spirit &#8220;overshadowed&#8221; her, that is, &#8220;filled&#8221;\u00a0her <em>again\u00a0<\/em>(and then\u00a0<em>again<\/em> at Pentecost).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #000080;\">Filled with the Holy Spirit she makes the Word visible in the humility of his flesh.<\/span><\/strong> \u2014<em>Catchechism of the Catholic Church,\u00a0<\/em>n. 724<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Word made flesh<\/em>, Jesus who is God, He who is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit. But can He, too, be &#8220;filled&#8221; with the Spirit? Indeed, we read that <em>&#8220;the Holy Spirit descended upon him&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0and that He was <em>&#8220;full of the Holy Spirit.&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Luke 3:22, 4:1<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Moreover, as he emerged from forty days of temptation in the wilderness, Jesus returned <em>&#8220;in the power of the Spirit.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Luke 4:14<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We so often find in the Scriptures that prior to\u00a0a pivotal word or action, whether it was that of John the Baptist,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[12]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Luk 1:15<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Elizabeth,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[13]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Luke 1:41<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Zechariah,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[14]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Luke 1:67<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Peter,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[15]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Acts 4:8<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Stephen,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[16]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Acts 7:55<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Paul<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_17');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_17');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[17]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_17\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Acts 13:9<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_17').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_17', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> or others,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_18');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_18');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[18]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_18\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Acts 13:52<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_18', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> that they were first <em>&#8220;filled with the Holy Spirit.&#8221;<\/em> What followed was a manifestation of God&#8217;s active presence:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">&#8230;the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. (1 Cor 12:8-10)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the Sacraments of Initiation, we are indeed sealed indelibly with the Holy Spirit. But through the course of our lives, <em>if<\/em> we are docile to the working of grace, we too can be filled with the Spirit, again and again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!&#8230; for he does not ration his gift of the Spirit. (Luke 11:13, John 3:34)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>COME HOLY SPIRIT<\/p>\n<p>Without the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, however, Christians are rendered impotent. As Pope Paul VI said,\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Techniques of evangelization are good, but even the most advanced ones could not replace the gentle action of the Spirit. The most perfect preparation of the evangelizer has no effect without the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit the most convincing dialectic has no power over the heart of man.<\/strong> \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/paul-vi\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_p-vi_exh_19751208_evangelii-nuntiandi.html\"><em>Evangelii Nuntiandi<\/em><\/a>, n. 75<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So too, in marriage:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Those two who&#8230; <em>&#8220;become one body&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> (Gen 2:24)<strong>, cannot bring about this union on the proper level of persons (<em>communion personarum)\u00a0<\/em>except throug the powers coming from the spirit, and precisely from the Holy Spirit who purifies, enlivens, strengthens, and perfects the powers of the human spirit. <em>&#8220;It is the Spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless&#8221; <\/em><\/strong>(Jn 6:63). \u2014POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II, General Audience, November 14th, 1984;\u00a0<em>Theology of the Body,\u00a0<\/em>pp. 415-416<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-36312 \" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritjoy-1024x834.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritjoy-1024x834.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritjoy-1536x1252.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritjoy-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritjoy-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritjoy.jpg 1636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/>Many are baptized and confirmed. But very often, Catholics have not experienced a &#8220;release&#8221; of the Spirit in their lives, a &#8220;stirring&#8221; of grace and power which, in fact, makes all the difference. Said St. John the Baptist:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">I baptize you with water for repentance&#8230; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. (Matt 3:11)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This being <em>&#8220;filled with the Holy Spirit&#8221;<\/em> has come to be known in some circles as &#8220;baptism in the Holy Spirit&#8221; or the &#8220;outpouring&#8221; or &#8220;infilling&#8221; of the Spirit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>\u2026this grace of Pentecost, known as Baptism in the Holy Spirit, does not belong to any particular movement but to the whole Church. In fact, it is really nothing new but has been part of God\u2019s design for His people from that first Pentecost in Jerusalem and through the history of the Church. Indeed, this grace of Pentecost has been seen in the life and practice of the Church, according to the writings of the Fathers of the Church, as normative for Christian living and as integral to the fullness of Christian Initiation.<\/strong> \u2014Most Reverend Sam G. Jacobs, Bishop of Alexandria, LA;<em> Fanning the Flame<\/em>, p. 7, by McDonnell and Montague<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This grace often ignites in believers a new hunger for God, a desire to pray, a thirst for Scripture, a call to mission and thus a release of spiritual gifts or charisms that change the course of their lives and even the Church:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #000080;\"><strong>Whether extraordinary or simple and humble, charisms are graces of the Holy Spirit which directly or indirectly benefit the Church, ordered as they are to her building up, to the good of men, and to the needs of the world. Charisms are to be accepted with gratitude by the person who receives them and by all members of the Church as well.<\/strong><\/span>\u2014<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church,\u00a0<\/em>n. 799-800<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>St. Augustine once said that &#8220;What the soul is to the human body, the Holy Spirit is to the Body of Christ, which is the Church.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_19');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_19');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[19]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_19\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"> <i>Sermo<\/i> 267,4:PL 38,1231D<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_19').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_19', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> It is clear, then, what is bringing about the collapse of the Church in the West and other parts of the world: she has lost the breath of the Spirit in her lungs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>All of us need to place ourselves downwind from the breath of the Holy Spirit, the mysterious breath which even now cannot be completely defined.<\/strong> \u2014POPE ST. PAUL VI, Announcement of the Holy Year 1973; <em>Open the Windows, The Popes and Charismatic Renewal,\u00a0<\/em>Kilian McDonnell; p. 2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36350 alignright\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritgone-1024x775.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritgone-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritgone-1536x1162.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritgone-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritgone-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/spiritgone.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>If Pope Benedict warned that &#8220;the faith is in danger of dying out like a flame which no longer has fuel&#8221;, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_20');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_20');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_20\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[20]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_20\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">POPE BENEDICT XVI,\u00a0<em>Letter of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to All the Bishops of the World<\/em>, March 12, 2009; <a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/letters\/2009\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_let_20090310_remissione-scomunica.html\">vatican.va<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_20').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_20', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> then the fuel is the Holy Spirit. Without Him, we are not a people on fire, but a Church about to expire. Our problems are not political, they are spiritual. The solutions do not lie in synods, but in upper rooms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A NEW THING<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Charismatic Renewal&#8221; is a movement in the Church, blessed by four popes, and acknowledged to be an instrument of a renewed understanding of the role of the Spirit in the universal Church.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_21');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_21');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_21\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[21]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_21\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/26\/rationalism-and-the-death-of-mystery\/\"><em>Rationalism, and the Death of Mystery<\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_21').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_21', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/a>\u00a0However, it may be a mistake to try and revive antiquated models or force a program\u00a0that has had its season. But what has <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36313 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/baptism-in-the-spirit2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/baptism-in-the-spirit2.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/baptism-in-the-spirit2-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>not become outdated is God&#8217;s desire to continue to pour out the Holy Spirit, in His way, until the end of time.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. (Isaiah 43:19)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What is this &#8220;new thing&#8221; God is doing today? The Father has sent the<em> Blessed Mother<\/em>\u00a0to gather disciples once again into the upper room of her Immaculate Heart. In this cenacle, she is preparing us for a new Pentecost like the world has never seen&#8230;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_22');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_36302_1('footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_22');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_22\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[22]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_22\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/03\/when-he-calms-the-storm\/\"><em>When He Calms the Storm<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_22').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_36302_1_22', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The Lord Jesus had a really deep conversation with me. He asked me to urgently take the messages to the bishop. (It was March 27, 1963, and I did that.)\u00a0He spoke to me at length about the time of grace and the Spirit of Love quite comparable to the first Pentecost, flooding the earth with its power. That will be the great miracle drawing the attention of all humanity. All that is the effusion of the <em>effect of grace<\/em> of the Blessed Virgin\u2019s Flame of Love. The earth has been covered in darkness because of the lack of faith in the soul of humanity and therefore will experience a great jolt. Following that, people will believe. This jolt, by the power of faith, will create a new world. Through the Flame of Love of the Blessed Virgin, faith will take root in souls, and the face of the earth will be renewed, because \u201c<em>nothing like it has happened ever since the Word became Flesh<\/em>.\u201d The renewal of the earth, although flooded with sufferings, will come about by the power of intercession of the Blessed Virgin.<\/strong> \u2014Jesus to Elizabeth Kindelmann,\u00a0<em>The Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary: The Spiritual Diary<\/em> (Kindle Edition, Loc. 2898-2899); approved in 2009 by Cardinal\u00a0P\u00e9ter Erd\u00f6 Cardinal, Primate and Archbishop.\u00a0Note: Pope Francis gave his Apostolic Blessing upon the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Movement on June 19th, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>St. John Paul II explains this Marian role:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>&#8230;in the redemptive economy of grace, brought about through the action of the Holy Spirit, there is a unique correspondence between the moment of the Incarnation of the Word and the moment of the birth of the Church. The person who links these two moments is Mary: Mary at Nazareth and Mary in the Upper Room at Jerusalem. In both cases her discreet yet essential <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right alignright\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/pentecost2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"286\" data-position=\"2\" \/>presence indicates the path of \u201cbirth from the Holy Spirit.\u201d <\/b>\u2014<i>Redemptoris Mater, <\/i>n. 24<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Through Our Lady, &#8220;spouse&#8221; of the Holy Spirit, God is opening up a new path for humanity, an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/30\/the-popes-and-a-dawning-new-age\/\">era of peace<\/a>&#8221; on the other side of these present tribulations. The question isn&#8217;t whether or not God will do this, but which Catholics will answer the call to become a part of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Renew your wonders in our time, as though for a new Pentecost, and grant that the holy Church, preserving unanimous and continuous prayer, together with Mary the Mother of Jesus, and also under the guidance of St. Peter, may increase the reign of the divine Savior, the reign of truth and justice, the reign of love and peace&#8230;.<\/strong> \u2014POPE ST. JOHN XXIII at the convocation of the Second Vatican Council, December 25th, 1961; <em>Open the Windows, The Popes and Charismatic Renewal,\u00a0<\/em>Kilian McDonnell; p. 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>\u2026let us implore from God the grace of a new Pentecost\u2026 May tongues of fire, combining burning love of God and neighbor with zeal for the spread of Christ\u2019s Kingdom, descend on all present!<\/strong> \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Homily, New York City, April 19th, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Be open to Christ, welcome the Spirit, so that a new Pentecost may take place in every community! A new humanity, a joyful one, will arise from your midst; you will experience again the saving power of the Lord<\/strong>. \u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II, \u201cAddress to Bishops of Latin America,\u201d <em>L\u2019Osservatore Romano<\/em> (English language edition), October 21, 1992, p.10, sec.30.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/13\/the-convergence-and-the-blessing\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>The Convergence and the Blessing<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/21\/the-coming-effect-of-grace\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>The Coming Effect of Grace<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/22\/the-torrent-of-grace\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>The Torrent of Grace<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/17\/when-the-spirit-comes\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>When the Spirit Comes<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/25\/the-marian-dimension-of-the-storm\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>The Marian Dimension of the Storm<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/28\/the-coming-new-and-divine-holiness\/\"><em>The Coming New and Divine Holiness<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/04\/rethinking-the-end-times\/\"><strong><em>Rethinking the End Times<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/category\/charismatic-daily-journal\/\">Charismatic?<\/a><\/strong> A seven-part series on the Renewal and the Spirit<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Your financial support and prayers are why<br \/>\nyou are reading this today.<br \/>\n\u00a0Bless you and thank you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/donations\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Donateovalbtnonbeige.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"48\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To journey with Mark in\u00a0<strong><em>The <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Now Word<\/strong><\/em>,<em><br \/>\n<\/em>click on the banner below to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe<\/a>. <br \/>\nYour email will not be shared with anyone.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-300x98.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-768x250.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f6hij\" data-offset-key=\"cltak-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"cltak-0-0\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"cltak-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cltak-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cltak-0-0\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">My writings are being translated into <strong>French<\/strong>! 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id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">General Social Survey, University of Chicago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6886705\/Is-America-Godless-number-people-no-religion-rose-266-three-decades.html\">dailymail.co.uk<\/a>, April 4th, 2019<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_3');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/04\/13\/us\/no-religion-largest-group-first-time-usa-trnd\/index.html\">CNN.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/2013\/06\/27\/canadas-changing-religious-landscape\/\">pewforum.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_5');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bccatholic.ca\/content\/the-decline-of-catholicism-in-latin-america\">bccatholic.ca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_6');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/AUSSTATS\/abs@.nsf\/mediareleasesbyReleaseDate\/8497F7A8E7DB5BEFCA25821800203DA4?OpenDocument\">abs.gov.au<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_7');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecircular.org\/the-decline-of-catholicism-in-ireland\/\">thecircular.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_8');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">&#8220;Findings from the European Social Survey (2014-16) to inform the 2018 Synod of Bishops&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmarys.ac.uk\/research\/centres\/benedict-xvi\/docs\/2018-mar-europe-young-people-report-eng.pdf\">stmarys.ac.uk<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_9');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. Acts 2:4<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_10');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Luke 3:22, 4:1<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_36302_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_36302_1_11');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Luke 4:14<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_36302_1_12\" 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