THE GIFT OF GOD: THE HOLY SPIRIT - FR ANDREW APOSTOLI St. Maximillian Kolbe After reading about the importance

After reading about the importance of the Church's liturgical year

the virtues she so perfectly models

the gift and giver of all good things

Francis himself) to the young Franciscan friars

THE GIFT OF GOD: THE HOLY SPIRIT - FR ANDREW APOSTOLI St. Maximillian Kolbe After reading about the importanceWhen someone offers another person a gift, the first thing the receiver should do is acknowledge the gift, then express gratitude for it, and finally, put it to good use (pg. 3). But what if that gift is the greatest gift imaginablethe Holy Spirit, God Himself? Father Andrew Apostoli shows us how we are to accept the gift of the Holy Spirit: we acknowledge Him by knowing who he is, we thank God for His gift, and we put that gift to good use by