Here's What it Means to be a Temple of the Holy Spirit.

If you are a baptized Christian, the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is alive in you. At Baptism, we become temples of the Holy Spirit by the grace of God.

"Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte "a new creature," an adopted son of God, who has become a "partaker of the divine nature," member of Christ and coheir with him, and a temple of the Holy Spirit." (CCC 1265)

And what is a Temple?

A temple is traditionally defined as a building or sacred place where God's presence dwells. 

And YOU, my friend, are a Sacred place where God chooses to dwell.

With that being said, we need to live like it!!

🔥 Live in the knowledge that the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is within you (Romans 8:11) and live out the call to holiness and life of virtue. 

🔥 Pray with the Holy Spirit, even when you don't feel like you have words. (Romans 8:26)

🔥 Be open to the promptings, gifts, and charisms of the Holy Spirit (CCC 951).

🔥 Care for your body just as you would care for the Church- with reverence and love. 

🔥 Just as Jesus was filled with zeal for the Father's House in the Temple, is filled with zeal for YOU as a Temple of the Holy Spirit (Psalm 69:9, John 2:17). He loves you and wants you to be treated- and to treat yourself- with reverence. 

🔥 Participate in the Sacraments so that you are enriched with the special strength of the Holy Spirit (CCC 1285).

🔥 Glorify God in your body- in all that you think, do, and say- in every relationship, situation, and time in your life. 

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body” (1 Cor. 6:19–20). 

Pray for yourself. Pray for the Church. Pray for an outpouring of the knowledge of your life in the Spirit. Live as a Temple.