"Anointed" charismatic conference speakers point to supernatural as part of Christian experience
November 16, 2024 at 8:09 p.m.
Those who attended the “Anointed” diocesan Catholic Charismatic Conference Nov. 15-16 were encouraged to embrace the gifts of the Holy Spirit – not only during an inspiring weekend of well-known speakers, but also in the day-to-day.
“Baptism in the Holy Spirit is just the beginning of walking in the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit, because the supernatural IS the normal Christian life,” said keynote speaker Dr. Mary Healy, professor of Sacred Scripture in Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Mich. “Sometimes what we’re taught is that the supernatural is really meant to be very rare, unusual, and only in the lives of certain extraordinarily gifted saints.”
That is not, however, in keeping with Scripture and sacred tradition, Dr. Healy pointed out. “Hearing God speak, seeing the charisms of the Holy Spirit manifested in your lives … healings, miracles – that is meant to be normal.”
Organized in St. Mary Church, Middletown, the two-day conference focused intently on the particular experience of “baptism in the Holy Spirit” – a personal encounter with the Spirit that brings to life the gifts instilled at Baptism and Confirmation, awakening in the individual a desire for a deeper relationship with God and to spread the Gospel.
Another keynote speaker, Capuchin Franciscan Father Diogo Escudero – a native of Brazil who currently serves the Brazilian and Portuguese communities in the Philadelphia Archdiocese – spoke about how Jesus instructed the apostles to remain in Jerusalem until they could be “clothed with power from on high – then they would be able to be his witnesses.
“The promise of the Father is the Holy Spirit,” Father Escudero continued. “It is important that we know our faith, that we are properly evangelized and catechized, that we live a life in grace… The mission is his, and the Church is the continuation of the incarnation of Jesus Christ, because the same Spirit that is working on Jesus Christ dwells in us and is forming us more and more into his image and likeness.”
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Those who attended the “Anointed” diocesan Catholic Charismatic Conference Nov. 15-16 were encouraged to embrace the gifts of the Holy Spirit – not only during an inspiring weekend of well-known speakers, but also in the day-to-day.
“Baptism in the Holy Spirit is just the beginning of walking in the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit, because the supernatural IS the normal Christian life,” said keynote speaker Dr. Mary Healy, professor of Sacred Scripture in Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Mich. “Sometimes what we’re taught is that the supernatural is really meant to be very rare, unusual, and only in the lives of certain extraordinarily gifted saints.”
That is not, however, in keeping with Scripture and sacred tradition, Dr. Healy pointed out. “Hearing God speak, seeing the charisms of the Holy Spirit manifested in your lives … healings, miracles – that is meant to be normal.”
Organized in St. Mary Church, Middletown, the two-day conference focused intently on the particular experience of “baptism in the Holy Spirit” – a personal encounter with the Spirit that brings to life the gifts instilled at Baptism and Confirmation, awakening in the individual a desire for a deeper relationship with God and to spread the Gospel.
Another keynote speaker, Capuchin Franciscan Father Diogo Escudero – a native of Brazil who currently serves the Brazilian and Portuguese communities in the Philadelphia Archdiocese – spoke about how Jesus instructed the apostles to remain in Jerusalem until they could be “clothed with power from on high – then they would be able to be his witnesses.
“The promise of the Father is the Holy Spirit,” Father Escudero continued. “It is important that we know our faith, that we are properly evangelized and catechized, that we live a life in grace… The mission is his, and the Church is the continuation of the incarnation of Jesus Christ, because the same Spirit that is working on Jesus Christ dwells in us and is forming us more and more into his image and likeness.”
More to come on this story.