Wednesday, August 08, 2007
The Holy Spirit Renewed
The Holy Spirit renewed the Apostles from within, filling them with a power that would give them courage to go out and boldly proclaim that “Christ has died and is risen!” Freed from all fear, they began to speak openly with self-confidence (cf. Acts 2:29; 4:13; 4:29,31). These frightened fishermen had become courageous heralds of the Gospel. Even their enemies could not understand how “uneducated and ordinary men” (cf. Acts 4:13) could show such courage and endure difficulties, suffering and persecution with joy. Nothing could stop them. To those who tried to silence them they replied: “We cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20). This is how the Church was born, and from the day of Pentecost he has not ceased to spread the Good News “to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
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Well done, but I would capitalize your third-person, masculine pronoun in the last sentence because the Holy Spirit is considered a part of the Holy Trinity. I believe in showing true reverence in my grammar. After all, I was born a Catholic. The Holy Spirit should be a "He".
On second thought, there does appear to be a second grammatical problem with "The Holy Spirit Renewed." It's this: the "he" in the last sentence would refer to the last singular, male noun it succeeds. Since the last singular male noun mentioned in your piece is "Christ," in the first sentence, you may be confusing the reader, since you are obviously referring to the Holy Spirit with your "he". Are you sure you went to Notre Dame High, Mr. Ricci? Perhaps we've all gone to a little bit of grammatical hell since those days, eh? Unless, of course, you're not the person you present yourself as. A "persona," perhaps?
Dear Cardinal Spellman
Please see the Holy See for the official transcript revered sir and thank you so much for stopping by.
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