God the Holy Spirit

So, as a result of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, Peter’s sins were taken away, and all he needed now was a new power and spirit to keep God’s Commandments and to grow in holiness.  And this power and spirit he received when Jesus sent God the Holy Spirit himself to the Apostles at Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church.  It was the Holy Spirit, given to the members of the Church at their Baptism and Confirmation, who gave them also the same living power to do what God wanted them to do and to be what God wanted them to be.

The Articles of the Creed

It is the Creed which sums up for us what God has done for us.  The Creed is composed of a number of statements or Articles which are divided into three paragraphs.  The first tells us of God the Father who made us and all the world.  The second tells us of God the Son, who has saved us and all humankind.  The third tells us of God the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies us (makes us holy) and all the elect people of God, that is, the members of the Church.  So, like St Peter, we believe in Three Persons and One God.