{"id":1213,"date":"2019-04-13T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/beyondalltelling\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2019-04-13T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T16:18:27","slug":"the-third-person-of-the-trinity-and-a-third-way-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/beyondalltelling\/2019\/04\/the-third-person-of-the-trinity-and-a-third-way-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third Person of the Trinity and a Third Way of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

To continue the <\/span>series on ways of deepening our relationship with the Holy Spirit<\/span><\/a>, I have been doing quite a bit of research into charismatic renewal and prayer groups over the past couple of months. One thing I discovered is how fraught with negative connotations that word \u201ccharismatic\u201d is for many people. For some, their experiences with \u201ccharismatics\u201d conjures up word associations such as \u201ccrazy,\u201d \u201chucksters,\u201d \u201ccultish,\u201d and even \u201cabusive.\u201d And they have gut-wrenching true stories that make those associations completely understandable and valid.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Duccio di Buoninsegna \/ public domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yet other people I talked with testified about how charismatic communities saved and transformed their faith and their lives. Two people I talked with, in particular, each found the strength to take care of profoundly disabled family members, and also discovered spiritual gifts that they are now able to share with others. One is a middle-aged Latino man, the other an older white woman, from different parts of the country, speaking different languages in their prayer groups, yet their uplifting stories of their engagement with the charismatic movement<\/a> are remarkably similar in tone and effect. <\/span><\/p>\n

Still others associate \u201ccharismatic\u201d primarily with praise-and-worship style music. One priest said to me \u201cthat\u2019s not my style personally, but I see there is a place for it and should be available to people.\u201d Another friend said she missed the charismatic-style music and other liturgical practices of her childhood parish. In this understanding, \u201ccharismatic\u201d is more a aesthetic style than a distinct spiritual path, making its value personal and morally neutral.<\/span><\/p>\n

What I want to discuss here is the second form of charismatic experience: a positive and powerful means of increasing God\u2019s life within us, through regular participation in group prayer and fellowship with other Christians who are seeking the Spirit. But I don\u2019t want my readers to get hung up on the word \u201ccharismatic\u201d based on association with negative experiences or worship style preferences. So from here on I\u2019m going to try to dodge preconceived notions by using a neologism: a Third Way of Prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why a Third Way of Prayer?<\/h2>\n

As I was researching this topic, I discovered that <\/span>the Vatican is actually launching a new \u201cpublic juridical personality,\u201d called CHARIS<\/span><\/a>, to nurture the communion of charismatic communities, give leaders ongoing formation, and to impart the Church\u2019s official \u201cteaching in relation to, and in service of, Catholic charismatic renewal.\u201d First announced by Pope Francis at a Pentecost Vigil celebration of the 50<\/span>th<\/span> anniversary of the beginning of the Catholic charismatic renewal movement, CHARIS will officially come into being on Pentecost 2019 (June 9<\/span>th<\/span>), and replace the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Service and the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships at that time. In preparation for this new creation, <\/span>Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., longtime preacher to the papal household and appointed Ecclesiastical Assistant to CHARIS, has started providing monthly meditations about this work and movement. His <\/span>first meditation, for March 2019<\/span><\/a>, is the basis for my calling this the Third Way of Prayer:<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Charismatic Renewal, prayer manifests itself in a new form compared to the past: that of [group prayer]\u2026. We only know two basic types of prayer: liturgical prayer and private prayer. Liturgical prayer is a communal one, but it is not spontaneous; private prayer is spontaneous but is not communal. We need moments in which we can pray spontaneously, as the Spirit dictates, but sharing our own prayer with others, putting together the various gifts and charisms and enriching each other with our fervor; putting together the different \u2018tongues of fire\u2019 to form a single flame. In short, we need a prayer that is both spontaneous and communal.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I also see a correspondence here between different forms of prayer and the Persons of the Trinity. Private prayer draws us closer to Our Father, who has given us the spirit of adoption, prompting us to call out as His unique children with our petitions and praise. (I would also add to this the private prayers imploring the intercession of Our Mother, Mary and all the Communion of Saints, who give us examples and encouragement in our personal formation as children of God growing into maturity.) Liturgical prayer draws us closer to the Second Person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ, God Incarnate, made present in the Word and the Eucharist and the assembled Body of Christ. But where is the prayer that draws us closer to the Third Person of the Trinity, the type of prayer that calls down and coordinates the gifts (charisms) of the Holy Spirit that we see powerfully at work in the pages of the New Testament, but more rarely in our Christian communities today?<\/span><\/p>\n

Father Cantalamessa says we need a prayer that is both spontaneous and communal. We need a third way of prayer that melds attributes of the other two, and yet is its own \u201cperson.\u201d In order to pray to and in the Holy Spirit, we need the opportunity for two or three to gather that the Spirit may be in our midst, praying not as individuals side by side, nor at the direction of a priest acting <\/span>in persona Christi<\/span><\/i>, but as the Spirit moves among those gathered, revealing to us how we as unique persons can come together to fruitfully become more than the sum of our parts.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Third Way of Prayer may seem awkward, strange, even dangerous to the uninitiated. This is how intercourse always is. Because it is neither individual nor formulaic, we do not know what to expect, and the outcome is beyond any one person\u2019s control. But I wouldn\u2019t call this a \u201cnew form compared to the past.\u201d It is a form as old as humankind, though every occurrence is something new. This form of prayer clearly was practiced by the early Church, and throughout the ages among various religious orders and communities. This type of prayer is how the Church grows in size and fruitfulness. If it seems \u201cnew\u201d because it has largely been forgotten in our cultural memory, then that well explains why the practice of Christianity is shrinking in much of the world today.<\/span>
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The Vatican Speaks on the Promise and Perils of the Charismatic Renewal<\/h2>\n

When <\/span>Pope Francis spoke to those assembled in the Circus Maximus for the Golden Jubilee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal<\/span><\/a>, he emphasized three essential and intertwined attributes of the movement: Baptism in the Holy Spirit, praise, and social action.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Banner image from the CHARIS website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Regarding Baptism in the Holy Spirit (a notoriously slippery concept to pin down), Pope Francis called it <\/span>\u201c<\/span>A flood of grace of the Spirit! \u00a0Why a flood of grace? Because it has no founder, no bylaws, no structure of governance. Clearly it has given rise to many expressions that, surely, are human works inspired by the Spirit, with various charisms, and all at the service of the Church. But before this flood of grace one cannot erect dikes, or put the Holy Spirit in a cage! \u2026 This flood of grace is for the whole Church, not just for some, and none of us is the \u201cmaster\u201d and the others servants. No. We are all servants of this flood of grace.\u201d There is no \u201cordination\u201d in the Third Way of Prayer\u2014we are all equal servants of one master, with no hierarchy to impose order according to human standards. Attempts to corale this type of prayer and fellowship with rigid structures, autocratic leadership, or certain people gaining money or power by the use of their \u201ccharisms\u201d all belie claims to be partakers in and servants of Baptism in the Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n

And just as we profess \u201cOne Baptism\u201d among all Christian sects, so Pope Francis said the charismatic renewal \u201cwas born ecumenical! It was born ecumenical because it is the Holy Spirit who creates unity, and the same Spirit who granted the inspiration for this.\u201d He also quoted a Lutheran in explaining that Pentecostal gathering seeks the peace of \u201creconciled diversity.\u201d We cannot put the Holy Spirit in a cage of exclusionary doctrinal formulations any more than we can keep the Spirit from granting gifts without the permission or participation of the clergy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Praise also may take diverse forms in this Third Way of Prayer, but it should be filled with exultation and joy, said Pope Francis. Like \u201cDavid dances before the Ark of the Covenant, filled with exultation\u2026 And please, let us not fall into the attitude of Christians who have the \u2018Michal complex\u2019, ashamed of the way David chose to praise God.\u201d No one says drums or guitars are required, but if we\u2019re judging the style of worship of fellow Christians as \u201cnot dignified enough,\u201d we are indeed committing the same error as Michal, and trying to erect dikes against the Spirit. It will only stop the flow of grace into our own souls; it will not stop those baptized in the Spirit from praising God as the Spirit moves them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, the Third Way of Prayer must bear fruit in social action. Pope Francis noted that early leaders of the Charismatic Renewal \u201cstate[d] clearly that the charismatic renewal is also service to society, to humanity.\u201d He went on to say:<\/span><\/p>\n

Baptism in the Holy Spirit, praise, social action. The three things are inseparably linked. I can give deep thanks, but if I do not help those in need, it is not enough. \u201cThere was not a needy person among them\u201d, says the Book of Acts (4:34).<\/span><\/p>\n

We will be judged, not on our praise but on what we have done for Jesus. \u201cLord, when did we do this to you? When you did it for one of these little ones, you did it to me\u201d (cf. Mt 25:39-40).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps my friends who have encountered bitter fruits among \u201ccharismatics\u201d were among people who only participated in charismatic-style praise, and <\/span>tried to commandeer the gifts of the Holy Spirit for themselves<\/span><\/a>, rather than offering the Spirit\u2019s gifts back to the benefit of those in need?<\/span><\/p>\n

If this Third Way of Prayer is indeed an intimate communal experience of intercourse not only between individuals and the Holy Spirit, but among multiple believers in the Spirit, then we must consider the need to be discriminating in who we bare our souls before. No one who invokes the name of the Spirit in order to assert authority over fellow believers deserves to be trusted as an authentic agent of the Spirit. A true lover <\/span>offers <\/span><\/i>the gift of self, and never forces his way upon another. The early Christians were constantly concerned with discerning false prophets from true ones, and learning the essentials of such discernment is the first prerequisite to entering into a fruitful communal prayer fellowship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Discernment of authentic movement of the Holy Spirit becomes all the more urgent when fellowship extends beyond prayer and occasional gatherings into a communal way of life. Likely the need to protect the intimate communion of believers from corrupting participants is why \u201creceive the Holy Spirit\u201d is followed immediately by \u201cIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.\u201d (Jn 20:22-23) The liars Ananias and Sapphira were even struck dead by God in Acts 5, sending a clear zero-tolerance message to the early Christian community about \u201cfaking it.\u201d Accordingly, CHARIS is chartered to register and help form charismatic groups that are not merely \u201cfellowships,\u201d but communities that live a community life, sustaining one another. There is much greater need for Vatican involvement in these communities than for simple prayer groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pope Francis\u2019s speech alluded to concerns that the Charismatic Renewal may have in certain respects lost its way over the last 50 years, and itself needs renewal and reform.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fifty years have gone by. \u00a0At this age, our strength begins to decline. It is the halfway point of life \u2013 in my country, we call it el <\/span>cincuentazo<\/span><\/i> \u2013, when our wrinkles get deeper. \u00a0Even if you cover them up, they are still there! Grey hairs start to show and we begin to forget things\u2026. Fifty years is a good time in life to stop and reflect\u2026 \u00a0And I would add this: it is the time to press forward with greater strength, leaving behind the accumulated dust of time, giving thanks for what we have received and looking ahead to new things, with trust in the working of the Holy Spirit!<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Dear brothers and sisters, my wish for you is that this will be a time of reflection, a time for remembering your origins. A time too, to leave behind everything motivated by self-concern. May it become a desire instead to listen to, and joyfully accept, the working of the Holy Spirit, who blows where and how he wills!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Likewise, Fr. Cantalamessa\u2019s <\/span>second monthly message for CHARIS<\/span><\/a> is focused on conversion. He calls on the charismatic renewal to \u201cturn and become like children\u201d (Mt 18:4) and look to the example of the first call of the apostles, when they were \u201c<\/span>unpretentious, without titles, without comparisons among them, without envy, without rivalry. Rich only in a promise (\u2018I will make you fishermen of men\u2019) and of a presence, Jesus\u2019s own. Return to the time when they were still companions of adventure, not competitors for the first place. For us too, going back to being children means returning to the moment when we first made a personal experience of the Holy Spirit and discovered what it means to live in the lordship of Christ. When we said: \u2018Jesus is enough!\u2019 And we believed it.<\/span>\u201d He also reflects on the movement\u2019s slogan \u201creturning power to God!\u201d as being less a triumphant cry as a reminder \u201c<\/span>addressed to us who, perhaps without realizing it, have partially appropriated ourselves of the power that belongs to God.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Third Way of Prayer in Action<\/h2>\n

Before I came upon all this fresh material about the Vatican\u2019s hopes and concerns for the charismatic renewal, I did some \u201cfield research.\u201d What I found locally is an inspiring Third Way of Prayer kind of fellowship, not the kind of charismatic community that could run the risk of exercising cult-like power over its members. My only disappointment is that these prayer fellowships are only conducted in Spanish, at least anywhere within a 30-minute drive from where I live. Nevertheless, I think it helpful to share some observations that confirm the virtues of the Third Way of Prayer model.<\/span>
\nIt was only with the Spirit\u2019s special assistance that I learned about the existence of these Spanish charismatic prayer groups in the first place. The Spanish-speaking community at my parish is large and vibrant\u2014in fact, probably at least twice the attendance of the English Masses on Saturdays and Sundays\u2014but there is hardly any intermingling outside of daily Mass attendance. The choir director held a joint potluck for the English and Spanish choirs a few months ago, however. Only two adults from the Spanish choir attended, but I sat down with them and soon learned they are also involved in the charismatic prayer group held most Sunday afternoons at our parish. I had no idea such a thing existed (it isn\u2019t listed on the parish website or in the Spanish bulletin even), but I was thrilled to have learned about it by word of mouth, and to make new friends who could introduce me to this fellowship. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A Flowering of the Holy Spirit \/ author\u2019s own image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My knowledge of Spanish is strictly academic and practically unused for the past 25 years, so having a translator and \u201cSherpa\u201d seemed essential to my participating. I arranged to meet my new friend one Sunday after the Spanish Mass, and arrived to find the church meeting hall teeming with people. She introduced me to a few people milling about the antehall, and then we walked into the main room, where several dozen people were reciting the rosary in Spanish before the main meeting began. A table was set up with a shrine to Our Lady on the right, a small podium on the left, and at the back of the stage floor were several singers and musicians with amplifiers. We sat in the rows of seats that faced the stage floor, but many families were sitting at tables flanking the sides of the large room, with children coloring and playing as the adults prayed. By the time the rosary was finished, there were probably at least 200 adults in the room, and the youngsters were ushered into a side room for free childcare.<\/span><\/p>\n

The musicians began with a praise song or two, and then paused for a group of four coordinators to welcome people and offer some introductory spoken prayers. My friend told me to raise my hand as a new person\u2014I had missed that cue. An older woman appeared next to me suddenly and handed me a mug with a picture and quote from Pope Francis on it, as a welcome gift. Several more songs were sung, and then a middle-aged man who works as a secretarial assistant at the parish was invited up to the podium to give a reflection.<\/span><\/p>\n

This humble layman preached for probably half an hour on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving during Lent, the corporal works of mercy, faith without works is dead, the importance of faith having fruit, as well as the essential requirement that good deeds be motivated by love. His talk was conversational, energetic, and peppered with quotations from the Bible (which many of the participants looked up and read together) and Catholic Catechism. I was surprised how well I was able to follow this extended Spanish sermon, and believe the Spirit helped me understand far more than my scant practice with the language would suggest. One point the speaker made that particularly struck me was that we go out from receiving graces within the Catholic Church to distribute God\u2019s belongings to others. He poked some light fun at the homily the white priest had given an hour or so earlier, mentioning giving up bacon for Lent. He concluded by saying we should go beyond what is easy and focus our Lenten efforts on how we treat our families and giving to others, so that we will be prepared to receive the promise of eternal life at Easter.<\/span><\/p>\n

The preaching was followed by more praise and worship music, and the children filtered back in. Intercessory prayers were offered, both from a book that people could write petitions in, and spontaneously. There were plenty of raised hands and whispered prayers in the room, but nothing dramatic. There wasn\u2019t any laying on of hands, giving of prophecies, \u201cslaying in the Spirit,\u201d or anything like that. If anyone was whispering in tongues, I couldn\u2019t really tell the difference. When it ended, my friend needed to catch up with someone else, so I walked out unaccompanied. A couple of people greeted me and I did my \u201cpobre\u201d best to speak in Spanish with them. The joy, warmth, and energy of the whole event was palpable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having read Pope Francis\u2019s and Fr. Cantalamessa\u2019s words about the charismatic renewal now, I can see clearly how this meeting resembled the virtuous elements they have both highlighted, more than my expectations for a \u201ccharismatic\u201d event. The main purpose of the meeting is spontaneous, communal prayer, and stirring into flame the Holy Spirit for the purpose of praise and service to others. No one seemed to be \u201cshowing off\u201d to anyone, and the purity of heart I sensed from the event was deeply moving to me. I later interviewed the speaker to learn more about how the group operates with such simplicity and success, but those insights will have to wait for another post.<\/span><\/p>\n

For now my only hope is that I have left my readers with a thirst for participating in this Third Way of Prayer and a zeal for finding a community for doing so. This is by no means a replacement for private prayer or liturgical prayer, but a rich addition to these traditional forms, a conscious invitation to allow the Spirit to \u201cdo something new\u201d among the members of the Body of Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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