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The Promise, The Power, The Gifts, The Fruit

Charles Whitehead, an international leader of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, encourages us to take a fresh look at the person and promise of the Spirit as revealed in the Scriptures and throughout two thousand years of Church teaching and history. In clear and simple language, Whitehead describes the meaning of the baptism in the Holy Spirit and its relationship to sacramental Baptism and Confirmation. He also delineates the gifts most often associated with baptism in the Holy Spirit, which he calls the « knowing, » « doing, » and « speaking » gifts. As we continue to « walk » in the Spirit, he says, the Lord will reveal his mind and will to us and guide us in all we do. 

Bringing the Gift of God’s Mercy to the World

When we, or a family member or friend, are faced with an injury or illness, physical or emotional, our thoughts turn to God in prayer for healing. We want to believe, as the Centurion did, that God will grant healing, but we wonder. And if we as Catholics have doubts, what does this mean to a hurting world, also in need of healing?

In her new book Healing: Bringing God’s Gift of Mercy to the World, Mary Healy answers to these questions and more —

• Is Jesus still healing people today?
• Are these healings real and do they last?
• How do we know if God wants us to pray for healing?
• Isn’t God asking us to endure suffering and hardships instead of asking for healing?
• How can we pray for healing?
• Can my broken heart be healed as well as my body?

Through the study of Catholic tradition, the lives of the saints, and ordinary people, you’ll begin to understand how the message of inward healing is also a message that we as Catholics are empowered to take outward to the world.

The Story of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal

In this book, issued from a retreat given in France, Denise Bergeron shows what charisms are according to the Word of God (especially St. Paul), what their usefulness is, what fruit they bring to the spiritual life of a person and to the Church, and how they are correctly used. She speaks of her experience in prayer groups and spiritual retreats.

This teaching is inspired by the experience of the Renewal, integrated in the Ignatius spirituality in which the author has been trained.