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po18guy
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Pray Without Ceasing
The children of God express their love in their trusting and persevering prayer.
If God seems at times to be slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a
better gift. He will not deny us. We well know that the long-awaited
gift is all the more precious for the delay in its being granted. . .
Ask, seek, insist. Through this asking and seeking you will be better
prepared to receive God’s gift when it comes. God withholds what you are
not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for his
greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose
heart. We must never become discouraged in our petitions to God. My God,
teach me how to love. My God, teach me how to pray. Love and prayer are
inseparably connected.
from In Conversation with God by Francis Fernandez p. 464
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Ed_renouf
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Hey po18guy, yes I did when I was 19 it changed me irrevocably for the good, I lost my way for a time but it never left me. I am 45 now. I will never forget that moment, the sense of a very real presence, kind and true and abounding with love
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goodguy2342
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I have had several recent experience. Truely amazing. Hard to explain and many would scoff.
I am extremely prayerful and in a most difficult time. My prayers aren’t answered, but I think God is letting me know of his presence in the utter pain.
I am extremely prayerful and in a most difficult time. My prayers aren’t answered, but I think God is letting me know of his presence in the utter pain.
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anon98328916
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I had an experience on Divine Mercy sunday a few years back, after I received the Eucharist and I was saying my prayers when all of sudden I felt like crying and it was extremely hard to hold back, not tears of sadness but tears of Joy I find it hard to explain but I wanted that moment to last forever.
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goodguy2342
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This is getting freaky and frequent. Last night I had uncontrollable involuntary muscle twitching and jaw chattering almost like morse code. I was fully aware, but almost outside myself letting it occur within me and almost weightless to move. It was the most surreal thing. After, I almost started laughing at what occurred very truely strange, but has been frequent things in this period of difficulty.
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Lee1
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Many, maybe even most people do not experience anything other than a sense of deep peace from time to time. That’s fine and it’s God’s will obviously. Who can doubt that those who do not seek signs and wonders yet still believe are not the salt of the earth?
Anyone should attend to good spiritual hygiene before asking for the Holy Spirit to enter, a good strong faith in Jesus would be a good idea.
Asking Our Lady for Her help in strengthening our faith is also a great idea.
Not all spirits of light are genuine. We live in a psychic sea of energy and we attract all sorts of attention unknowingly by our thoughts and deeds I believe. Take care and attend to the sacraments, scripture and sincere prayer and ask the Lord to abide with you.
Anyone should attend to good spiritual hygiene before asking for the Holy Spirit to enter, a good strong faith in Jesus would be a good idea.
Asking Our Lady for Her help in strengthening our faith is also a great idea.
Not all spirits of light are genuine. We live in a psychic sea of energy and we attract all sorts of attention unknowingly by our thoughts and deeds I believe. Take care and attend to the sacraments, scripture and sincere prayer and ask the Lord to abide with you.
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sevenswords
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Glory be to God he delivered you from darkness and bondage into his Church.
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adamvandyck
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My first (well, first rememberable) holy spirit experience was during my first eucharistic adoration on a catholic retreat.
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goodguy2342
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I have been trying to research manifestations of the holy spirit after these experiences. They seem consistent with writings on the subject. I have also been praying a Holy spirit prayer frequently. I tend to think it really is good, although I have no way to understand what information or gifts have been experienced.
I will say, today I had a feeling of peace where I have not had any for months. If I were to discern, the gift of grace in that regard.
The shaking, I can’t make heads or tails of.
I will say, today I had a feeling of peace where I have not had any for months. If I were to discern, the gift of grace in that regard.
The shaking, I can’t make heads or tails of.
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Ed_renouf
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I hear you, I’ve been through some bitterly hard times too. God has us in his arms even when it seems forlorn.
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otrrl
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I pray continually for gifts of the Holy Spirit and have been overwhelmingly blessed in specific cases where i asked for guidance. I didn’t hear voices in my head or anything; it was more often the case that a path was shown to me that seemed and actually was the best course of action.
In one case I had an experience as if I was almost being remotely controlled to perform a complex task that was a very wise thing to do, especially when I was feeling less than motivated and otherwise frustrated. With the Father and Son, the Holy Spirit is worshiped and glorified. Amen.
In one case I had an experience as if I was almost being remotely controlled to perform a complex task that was a very wise thing to do, especially when I was feeling less than motivated and otherwise frustrated. With the Father and Son, the Holy Spirit is worshiped and glorified. Amen.
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Happymom
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I’ve experienced too many mystical experiences to count and have many spiritual gifts. I get them at every Mass and in between. I’ve had huge ones and smaller ones. Jesus lives!
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observing
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I have had two very powerful Holy Spirit experiences. The first one was in 1986. My marriage was not easy as my husband was an alcoholic and quite mean when he drank. One night, after one of his mean bouts, I was desperate to talk to someone. I called a friend who told me to call a mutual friend of ours because she had just been baptized in the Holy Spirit and was more at peace than she had ever been. Hearing the word “peace” I knew I had to call our friend Pat. After talking to Pat for several minutes, I asked if I could someday go with her to this Holy Spirit Seminar. To my surprise she told me there was a First Friday Mass of all the Charismatic groups in our city the next night. I was thrilled because I desperately needed the peace she described. I found the Mass and the music (guitars, drums, cymbals etc) to be uplifting. I went up with the rest of the congregation to be prayed over. Because this was all new to me I had not even thought of prayer request for myself. I should also add here that for weeks I had been saying the Come Holy Spirit prayer focusing on “and enkindle in the the fire of Thy love”.
The next morning after having a cup of coffee in our dining room, I stood up to get ready to clean the house but when I got to the dining room doorway I felt like I hit an invisible wall and all at once I experienced what felt like a Bic lighter go off in my chest. I found myself kneeling with my arms crossed against my chest as if I was trying to keep something inside.
I bounced from torrents of tears to unspeakable joy. I had to know what was happening to me so I called a few friends, none of them gave me an acceptable answer except one. She told me I had been baptised by the Holy Spirit right there in my dining room.
For the next week, every morning before I opened my eyes I could feel Jesus standing at the foot of my bed. Every night I felt His presence beside me. One morning before I opened my eyes I knew His presence was gone. I can’t possible list all the “small miracles” (as I call them) that happened every day. But until the day I die I will always be grateful for the chance to experience just a small part of what the apostles experienced.
About a year later I was now attending what had now become my regular Wednesday night Charismatic Mass. After Mass we had the option of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament or fellowship. I choose Adoration. While kneeling in adoration and meditation, suddenly I felt as if warm soothing water was being poured into my body through the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. As the “warm water” filled me I felt it through every cell, every tissue, every bone and nerve until I felt there was no more room and I feared I would burst. I remember saying out loud “Stop” but I also remember “seeing” a huge mountain and tiny grains of sand on a beach. I thought that image compared my love for Jesus (grain of sand) to Jesus’ love for me (mountain). But today I know the grains of sand represent what I know of God’s love, the mountain represents His actual love for me…all encompassing, incomprehensible and all powerful.
Jesus, I trust in You.
The next morning after having a cup of coffee in our dining room, I stood up to get ready to clean the house but when I got to the dining room doorway I felt like I hit an invisible wall and all at once I experienced what felt like a Bic lighter go off in my chest. I found myself kneeling with my arms crossed against my chest as if I was trying to keep something inside.
I bounced from torrents of tears to unspeakable joy. I had to know what was happening to me so I called a few friends, none of them gave me an acceptable answer except one. She told me I had been baptised by the Holy Spirit right there in my dining room.
For the next week, every morning before I opened my eyes I could feel Jesus standing at the foot of my bed. Every night I felt His presence beside me. One morning before I opened my eyes I knew His presence was gone. I can’t possible list all the “small miracles” (as I call them) that happened every day. But until the day I die I will always be grateful for the chance to experience just a small part of what the apostles experienced.
About a year later I was now attending what had now become my regular Wednesday night Charismatic Mass. After Mass we had the option of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament or fellowship. I choose Adoration. While kneeling in adoration and meditation, suddenly I felt as if warm soothing water was being poured into my body through the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. As the “warm water” filled me I felt it through every cell, every tissue, every bone and nerve until I felt there was no more room and I feared I would burst. I remember saying out loud “Stop” but I also remember “seeing” a huge mountain and tiny grains of sand on a beach. I thought that image compared my love for Jesus (grain of sand) to Jesus’ love for me (mountain). But today I know the grains of sand represent what I know of God’s love, the mountain represents His actual love for me…all encompassing, incomprehensible and all powerful.
Jesus, I trust in You.
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kgmlg
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Yeah, the most powerful one was long ago, I cannot even recall why “I was talking to Him” anymore. LOL. But I do recall so much peace and so much clarity. And His message was this:
“In the very end, there is ONLY God”.
So yes, I took this to mean there is really nothing to worry about…cause at the end of the line, there is nobody else but God, so nothing else is important but Him.
(I have to keep drumming this into my head though….cause I still worry about everything. Sigh…)
“In the very end, there is ONLY God”.
So yes, I took this to mean there is really nothing to worry about…cause at the end of the line, there is nobody else but God, so nothing else is important but Him.
(I have to keep drumming this into my head though….cause I still worry about everything. Sigh…)
I was on a pilgrimage round about 1990 .
A friend and myself had been to Mass and we heard that a priest was praying for people on some land behind the church . So we decided to go along . The priest with a crucifix in his hand just went around and laid the hand with the crucifix on peoples’ heads as he prayed for them .
My turn came , and he laid the crucifix on my head and silently prayed for a few seconds . Then he moved along to the others .
But then he came back to me and said , "Do not resist the Holy Spirit . "
When I look back I know that through sin and fear and lack of trust I have in so many ways resisted the Holy Spirit .
I am glad for all of you that you have had these experiences . I believe the Holy Spirit wants us all to have a Holy Spirit experience , and at this time of crisis in the Church we need to plead very earnestly and persistently "Veni Creator Spiritus … Come Creator Spirit " for we read of the same Spirit "the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God moved over the waters. "
The only answer to our present situation is for the Spirit to move over the Church’s emptiness and darkness . But the Spirit is very polite , and will not come unless invited , so …
A friend and myself had been to Mass and we heard that a priest was praying for people on some land behind the church . So we decided to go along . The priest with a crucifix in his hand just went around and laid the hand with the crucifix on peoples’ heads as he prayed for them .
My turn came , and he laid the crucifix on my head and silently prayed for a few seconds . Then he moved along to the others .
But then he came back to me and said , "Do not resist the Holy Spirit . "
When I look back I know that through sin and fear and lack of trust I have in so many ways resisted the Holy Spirit .
I am glad for all of you that you have had these experiences . I believe the Holy Spirit wants us all to have a Holy Spirit experience , and at this time of crisis in the Church we need to plead very earnestly and persistently "Veni Creator Spiritus … Come Creator Spirit " for we read of the same Spirit "the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God moved over the waters. "
The only answer to our present situation is for the Spirit to move over the Church’s emptiness and darkness . But the Spirit is very polite , and will not come unless invited , so …
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Lee1
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I was reading all the posts here and I wondered how you are now, have things improved for you?
God Bless.
God Bless.
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Lee1
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That’s wonderful news, thank you for telling me.
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Mijoy2
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Might not be the Holy Spirit, I do not know for sure.
Perhaps 5-10 years or so ago, while sleeping or perhaps 1/2 awake, can’t be sure, what I do recall is that I knew where I was…in bed, I was overcome with a sense of peace I never before experienced. It is difficult to explain but I do have a poor (very poor) analogy that may help to convey this feeling. It felt almost as though I was under the influence of a narcotic, however without any of the side-effects. In other words I was 100% (or over 100% if possible) sober and aware of the feeling. I was in awe of the feeling. I was struggling with high pressure situations at work at the time. I felt under constant stress the like of which was at times overwhelming. But when I had this experience I was certain that nothing in my past, present or future mattered because I felt that this feeling was a precursor of what was to come.
It was brief and when I think about it or get reminded of it (like now because of this thread) I hunger to experience it again.
Perhaps 5-10 years or so ago, while sleeping or perhaps 1/2 awake, can’t be sure, what I do recall is that I knew where I was…in bed, I was overcome with a sense of peace I never before experienced. It is difficult to explain but I do have a poor (very poor) analogy that may help to convey this feeling. It felt almost as though I was under the influence of a narcotic, however without any of the side-effects. In other words I was 100% (or over 100% if possible) sober and aware of the feeling. I was in awe of the feeling. I was struggling with high pressure situations at work at the time. I felt under constant stress the like of which was at times overwhelming. But when I had this experience I was certain that nothing in my past, present or future mattered because I felt that this feeling was a precursor of what was to come.
It was brief and when I think about it or get reminded of it (like now because of this thread) I hunger to experience it again.
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