The Prayer of Christ and the Gift of the Holy Spirit
Whoever has endeavored this, that is, whoever has endeavored to really love unto the end, such a person has in one way or another tasted something of heaven. Such a person knows deep inside the greatness for which we are made. At the same time, everyone who strives to live by love knows that it is impossible without help from above.
That we might realize our true calling, Jesus ascended into heaven and makes intercession for us – his love which has no end is poured out before the heavenly Father on our behalf. Jesus constantly pours out his heart to the Father that we might receive this the Gift of the Holy Spirit. The Father never ceases to answer the prayer of His Son by sending the Holy Spirit always anew into the hearts of those who ask in faith.
True prayer, mature Christian prayer, the kind by which we can live by love, is produced in us by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Gift promised to us by Christ before He ascended into our heavenly homeland, the Holy Spirit is the animating principle of the Christian life, the Soul of the Christian soul. The Divine Counselor is come upon us and envelops us with all the wisdom we need to love those entrusted to us, to be faithful in our love for the Lord. In Him, possibilities present themselves in prayer we could have never imagined existed. We may fail and fall short, accused in a thousand ways of our weakness: this Advocate testifies to the power of God at work in our frail humanity. The Creator Spirit ushers us into our true homeland and establishes us into communion with the Holy Trinity – in this life we have Life itself, Life to live life to the full, to live by love.
This paints a beautiful picture for my mind to meditate on "…Jesus ascended into heaven and makes intercession for us – his love which has no end is poured out before the heavenly Father on our behalf. Jesus constantly pours out his heart to the Father that we might receive this the Gift of the Holy Spirit. The Father never ceases to answer the prayer of His Son by sending the Holy Spirit always anew into the hearts of those who ask in faith."
To realize that this is continual, infinite and connects to us who are finite! Wow!