“Joseph, Mary, Francis, Clare, Carlo, Therése, Michael… Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.” We lingered there for a few moments as the aromatic chrism permeated their foreheads. What really happened beneath the surface was known only to them and the Spirit of Love.
As the disciples gathered in the upper room on that first Pentecost, “suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as a fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit…” (Acts 2: 2-4)