From CHARIS UK

Michelle Moran celebrates the upcoming canonisation of Elena Guerra, Apostle of the Holy Spirit, the inspirational religious who wanted to see the whole Church united in prayer like Mary and the apostles in the upper room before Pentecost.

Very soon, we will have a new saint, who is no stranger to those of us who have been following the history of the charismatic renewal. Elena Guerra was born in 1835, and she was the foundress of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit in Luca, Italy. When Pope John XXIII beatified her in 1959, he gave her the title ‘apostle of the Holy Spirit’. He said: ‘Elena’s message is always relevant. We are all aware, of the need for a continued outpouring of the Holy Spirit, as of a new Pentecost, which will renew the face of the earth.’

It is particularly poignant that Elena’s canonisation will take place at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality-an extraordinary Synod conducted in a very different way. The encouragement was to listen to what the Spirit is saying. The dynamics of the gathering placed great emphasis on listening, discerning, and included roundtable conversations led by the Holy Spirit. I am sure that Elena Guerra would be delighted to see that, 70 years after her beatification, the Church was finally embracing her call for prayerful reflection in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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