The coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost was not an isolated event in the life of the Church. The Paraclete sanctifies her continually; he also sanctifies each soul, through innumerable inspirations, which are "all the attractions, movements, reproaches and interior remorse, lights and knowledge that God works in us, foreseeing our heart with his blessings, by his paternal care and love, in order to awaken us, move us, push us and attract us to the holy virtues, to heavenly love, to good resolutions; in a word, to everything that leads us to our eternal life ". His action in the soul is "soft and gentle (...); he comes to save, to heal, to enlighten ".
At Pentecost, the Apostles were strengthened in their mission as witnesses of Jesus, to announce the Good News to all peoples. But not only they: all those who believe in him will have the sweet duty of announcing that Christ has died and risen for our salvation. And it shall come to pass in the last days, says the Lord, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my handmaids I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy14. Thus Peter preaches on the morning of Pentecost, which already inaugurates the epoch of the last days, the days in which the Holy Spirit has been poured out in a new way on those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and who carry out his doctrine.
All Christians have since then the mission to announce, to sing the magnalia Dei, the wonders that God has done in his Son and in all those who believe in him. We are already a holy people to proclaim the greatness of the One who brought us out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Understanding that the sanctification and apostolic efficacy of our life depend on our correspondence to the motions of the Holy Spirit, we will feel the need to ask him frequently to wash what is stained, to water what is arid, to heal what is sick, to kindle what is lukewarm, to straighten what is crooked. For we know well that in our interior there are stains and parts that do not bear all the fruit they should because they are dry, and parts that are sick, and lukewarm, and also little strays, which need to be straightened out.
We must also ask for greater docility; an active docility that leads us to welcome the inspirations and motions of the Paraclete with a pure heart.