+ St. Paul clearly relates the existence of the two levels of spiritual reality: the natural and the supernatural. The natural spiritual is the spirit of the world, the spirit that exists in man as he participates in the life of animals, a spirit that because of man’s rationality has at least some chance of being a productive spirit. It is a vivifying spirit, but not a totally responsible or account-giving spirit. On the other hand, for those baptized into the Body of Christ, there exists within them also the very Spirit of God – the Holy Spirit, that is freely given so that we can understand not only fully and clearly the things of the earth, but also the things of God, the things that can only be taught by the Spirit Himself. “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him” – other than his own Spirit? It is amazing – for we have the very mind of Christ as his free gift to live our days and nights!
The gospel passage shows us
how a man can be afflicted with a profaned spirit, but a spirit who recognizes
the pristine spirit of God and spontaneously declares its reality; it also
shows how Jesus – the source and container of the pristine and divine spirit
- can easily order such unclean spirits
to dissipate: which they do immediately at his command.
We pray that Jesus dismisses
any lingering problematic spirits from us today, and through the intercession
of the angels and saints, and his own Blessed Mother Mary, keeps them away from
us so that we can focus our attention where it really matters: others and the
building of the Kingdom.
A
great prophet has arisen in our midst and God has visited his people!
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