God's Spirit of Love, May 21st Worship

In the creed we say, “I believe in the Holy Spirit, . . . who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified.” The Holy Spirit is worshiped because He is God, the Third Person of the Holy Trinity. Even before His death, Jesus prepared His disciples for His departure. He would leave them by way of the cross. Then even though He rises from the dead, He will leave them again at His ascension. Yet He wants us to know and believe that He never really leaves us. He tells us that He will be with us always. He calls the Holy Spirit to embody His love among us. Though the Spirit is a person distinct from the Father and the Son, yet He is also the Spirit of Christ in the mystery of the Trinity. In this Easter season, as we celebrate Jesus raised from the dead, we begin to celebrate that by the Holy Spirit, we can live a whole new life, inspired by God’s abundant love among us.