Our identity must eventually match our destiny. As adopted sons and daughters of God, sharing in his divine life by grace, we are called to be saints, living

with God in glory.

L ike in a marr iage, the in i t ia l honeymoon is a small glimpse of the full union that is the goal. So, being baptized in the Holy Spirit is the initial honeymoon time on the journey of full union with God. Like in marriage, this entails a continual process of dying to self and becoming more other- focused. So in growing in the life of the Spirit, there must be a continual self-emptying which focuses more on the will of God than on my own desires.

As the fuller life of the Spirit develops in us, so the fruits of the Spirit will

become more evident. The greatest fruit is love, which becomes the sole motivating factor in all we do. As a result, this saying of Jesus becomes a living witness in our life: “They will know that you are my disciples by the love you have for one another.” What brought about the downfall of the Roman Empire was not the sword or human power but the authentic love evidenced in the lives of the early Christians. Can that be the answer to the problems of our day? God is calling for a spiritual revival of holiness, lived in love, according to the Spirit’s lead.

The second role of the Spirit is to empower us for holiness and mission. We received the seven gifts for sanctification in Baptism and the charismatic gifts in Continues on page 6

July/August 2017 Publication of Catholic Renewal Ministries Cleveland, Ohio

The FlameRenewal and the Time of Jubilee

by Bishop Sam Jacobs

What a blessing from the Lord! In 1967 God fulfilled once more his promise to pour out his Spirit upon the world in a fresh new way. From the time of Pentecost till today God has been renewing his people with a fresh outpouring of the gift of the Holy Spirit.

As at the time of Pentecost and the time of the event at The Ark and The Dove Retreat Center fifty years ago, what does God expect in response to this renewal of his grace? To reflect on the answer to this question we need again to look at God’s purpose in the coming of the Spirit.

The Spirit comes to us to sanctify, to empower and to mission. We first received the Holy Spirit in Baptism. We became God’s adopted sons and daughters, sharing his divine life. But because we fall short through sin, we need a fresh anointing of the Spirit to grow in the life of God. We are called to be full of the Spirit, not satisfied with just a relationship with God.

This means that more and more we are to uproot the sources of sin in our life and immerse ourselves in the life of the virtues by the grace of God. Basically, this occurs the more we fall in love with God, moving from just a casual relationship to a close friendship, to an all-in intimacy with God, where nothing else matters but God. This is what Jesus means when he says: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for holiness.” This is what the great Schema calls us to when it says: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart, whole soul, whole mind and whole strength.”

W h a t b ro u g h t a b o u t t h e

d o w n f a l l o f t h e R o m a n

E m p i re w a s n o t t h e

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July/August 2017

Dear Readers of the Flame,

I recently attended a conference put on by ChristLife, a Catholic Ministry of Evangelization that equips Catholic parishes to put on a series of courses that bring people to the Lord. The first course is called Discover Christ. It is akin to the very popular Alpha program. The second and third courses are called Following Christ and Sharing Christ. The very titles of these courses highlight the path to missionary discipleship. After meeting Christ, we walk in his footsteps and share Him with others.

I was especially impressed with the taste we had of the Following Christ course. The initial video began by showing a cruise ship. The captain and staff were there happily greeting the passengers, who boarded the ship to lively cruising music. During the cruise passengers were spoiled with their favorite food and drink. They were entertained. And if there were any problems, the captain and staff attended to them with special care.

The second part of the video showed a battle ship. The captain on this ship took orders from a higher command. There were no passengers. Everyone was part of the crew. Each person had his or her own role and each person was dependent on each other. This ship had a mission and everyone was expected to contribute their time, talents and efforts in order to fulfill this objective. The background music was inspirational, almost patriotic.

The cruise ship/battleship images contrast the differing mentalities of people have about the Church. For some people the Church is more like cruise ship. They pay for their ticket and expect to be served and entertained. In actuality, the Church is more like the battleship. Our leaders are to take us into battle. All crew members are vitally important. And as Christ came, not to be served but to serve others, so each member on the battleship serves a mission much bigger than itself.

I often ponder why people who meet the Lord, even those baptized in the Holy Spirit, never seem to get very far in their walk with Jesus. Part of the reason may be that they thought they got on a cruise boat and not a battleship. Anyone can go on a cruise ship. If all we seek is comfort and entertainment - well, anyone can do that. Only those who are trained, mission oriented and equipped can get on the battleship.

St. Paul encouraged Timothy:Bear your share of hardship along with me like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. To satisfy the one who recruited him, a soldier does not become entangled in the business affairs of life. (II Timothy 2:3-4)

Disciples of Jesus Christ direct their time, talents and treasure to the Lord and his mission. By habitually praying, studying, sharing with their brothers and sisters in Christ and serving the mission of the Lord these soldiers of Christ become effective for the Lord.

During this Year of Jubilee for the charismatic renewal let us pray that more and more of our brothers and sisters in Christ embrace the disciplines of discipleship. By redirecting our resources of time and talent away from personal entertainment and toward the mission of the Lord we will become effective in living out the gospel and bringing others to Him.

I sincerely hope to see you at our 35th annual conference this summer, Fount of Life, Fire of Love. It is only when we are empowered and refreshed by the Holy Spirit that we can live fully as disciples of Jesus Christ. Hope to see you and the new people you bring with you!

Sincerely in Christ,

Fr. Bob Franco

ABBOT GARY HOOVER was elected the 7th abbot of St. Andrew Abbey in Cleveland. He graduated from Benedictine High School in 1974. He pro-fessed vows as a Benedictine monk in 1977 and was ordained

a priest in 1983. He earned a BA degree in sociol-ogy from John Carroll University in 1979 and a Master of Science in Administration degree in Non-Profit Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame in 1984. In 1996 he assumed the duties of school chaplain, a position that later developed under the title of Director of Spiritual Life. For 18 years Abbot Gary ministered to Benedictine athletic teams and worked extensively with the student retreat program.

DR. ED PARISI has been active in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for over 20 years. Dr. Ed is a popular lecturer and speaker. He is one of the lead-ers of the St. Hilary Parish prayer group. He has given many lectures

throughout the diocese on topics such as the new evan-gelization, spiritual warfare, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, apologetics, scripture, healing, the crucifixion through medical eyes and forgiveness. Dr. Parisi has been married to Chris for 23 years and they have 6 children. One of their sons, James is a seminarian studying for the Cleveland Diocese. Dr. Parisi is a Family Practice physician in private practice and is a medical director of VNS Hospice and nursing home medical director.

CHRIS & BECKY ROACH Chris has spoken at Families in Christ Jesus youth groups, Teen Life, women and family retreats, PSR classes, Confirmation presentations, and Genesis. She is co-founder of OK, Inc., a non-profit organization

that encourages youth to develop a strong character. Her latest project, the Friends4Friends campaign, incorporates peer-to-peer advocacy through the creation of short films. Becky is currently the General Editor of Catholic-Link.org, a ministry of the New Evangelization that reaches over 500,000 people worldwide each month. She and her husband have been actively involved in the local chapter of Families in Christ Jesus Community for over fifteen years. As a mother of five beautiful children, she has a deep desire to share the love of Christ with the next generation.

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MARK NIMOcomes from Ghana in West Africa. He had a profound conversion experience at the age of twenty through the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. His passion for the Lord took him to Uganda, East Africa where

he served as a lay missionary for two years. In 1993, he returned to Ghana to head the “Know and Tell the Gospel” School of Evangelization. For ten years, he served as the ICCRS representative for Anglophone Africa. He has minis-tered the gospel of Jesus in over 41 countries.

LAVINIA SPIRITOis an active teacher, author, spiritual director and evan-gelist in Catholic Charismatic Renewal. She has earned multiple degrees, including a Masters in Theology from The Augustine Institute. She is the leader for Catholic Way

Bible Study, and has led Life in the Spirit Seminars, Alpha for Catholics, Theology on Tap, Disciples in Mission, RCIA, and various retreats. Lavinia co-hosts two radio shows and has appeared on EWTN. She is frequently asked to teach catechist and collaborates in Renewal Ministries’ young adult ministry.

FR. ROBERT FRANCO has been active in the Charismatic Renewal since he was 19 and states that his vocation flowed from it. He has been a priest for over 30 years serving in the Diocese. He has been the Bishop’s Liaison for

Charismatic Renewal in the Cleveland Diocese since 1992. He has been the pastor of St. Peter Parish in North Ridgeville since 2009. He served on the Fraternity of Priests Board of Directors as member, chairman, and editor of the Fraternity’s Newsletter, The Visitation.

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Continued from Page 1 Confirmation, Ordination and Marriage for mission. But gifts are useless if not exercised. Their power is limited if not used. Their limitation is not in the gifts but in us by leaving them relatively dormant for a long time. This is probably a very blatant sign of our ingratitude to God for what he has given us.

We have been renewed by the Holy Spirit so that we can freely choose to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit in the exercising of the gifts we have freely been given “when hands were laid upon us.” This means growing in the awareness of, and the under-standing of the purpose of each of the gifts, culminating in the exercise of the gifts as led by the Spirit.

We need to step out of the boat of our comfort zone at the various divine appointments God gives us each day and do what God asks us to do. Then watch what he will do. That is what Peter and John did when they saw the paralyzed beggar at the Temple gate. They had been empowered, they were going to the Temple to give thanks and God put in their path a man who needed healing. Peter and John acted in the name of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. The man was healed and many more came to believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior.

The early Church did not see these divine appointments with signs and wonders as unusual and limited to a few people. Rather, they saw them as normative for those who are spirit-filled disciples of Jesus. And thus they prayed, as we read in Acts 4:29-31: “‘And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and enable your servants to speak your word with all boldness, as you stretch forth [your] hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.’ As they prayed, the place where they were gathered shook, and they were all filled with the Holy

Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.”

The third role of the Holy Spirit is to mission us as bold disciple/witnesses. We need to remember the words of Paul to Timothy “to stir into flame the gift of God” for “God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love.” What God desires in this time of the Renewal is a new missionary energy, bringing the Good News of God’s saving love to today’s ends of the earth, where the marginalized, the poor, the spiritually barren, the unchurched and the none-churched reside and

are perishing.

In the words of Pope Francis: “There is no greater freedom than that of letting oneself be carried by the Spirit, refusing to calculate and to control everything, and allow Him to illuminate you, lead you, guide you, and push you where He wishes. He knows well what the need is in every age and moment.” Pope St. John Paul II called for a “New Evangelization.” Pope Francis echoes this in his call for missionary disciples. What does he mean? “You must ‘go forth,’ boldly taking the first step to draw near to those who do not know or live the Gospel, by building bridges, supporting others, taking on the ‘smell of the sheep’ and patiently seeking to accompany them on their journey...for the message we announce should be the ‘heart of the Gospel,’ which is the joyful proclamation that Jesus loves them, gave his life to save them and seeks to live at their side each day to strengthen and free them.”

Yes, this is a new moment of grace for the Church and the Renewal. It calls for a fresh, new response. Following the lead of those who were initially baptized in the Spirit both at Pentecost and at The Ark and The Dove, we are called to grow in holiness and to use every divine appointment to share the Good News of God’s love with signs and wonders as our credentials. We cannot be satisfied with the present status quo of remaining comfortable in our small clubs of security. Instead we are mandated to fill the banquet of the Kingdom by going to the highways and byways proclaiming God’s invitation to come to the feast. Used with permission form Pentecost Today Winter 2017/Special Golden Jubilee Issue. Volume 42 Number 1.

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