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Praying To The Holy Spirit?

Unknown
edited December 1969 in Faith Issues
Hey everybody,

I was just wondering...

Why aren't there any prayers directed towards the Holy Spirit in our church? All our prayers are directed towards God the Father and God the Son. We are allowed to pray to the Holy Spirit just like we pray to God the Father and God the Son, right? We always mention the Holy Spirit, but never pray to the Holy Spirit. For example, we would say "Please God, send us Your Holy Spirit."

This question is sort of weird...

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  • Unknown

    Why aren't there any prayers directed towards the Holy Spirit in our church?

    I wouldn't say that there aren't any. Take the following prayer from the Third Hour Litanies for example:

    "O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, Who is everywhere and fills everybody. You are the Treasure of Goodness and Giver of Life, we ask you to graciously come and dwell within us, purify us from iniquity and save our souls."

    In any event, by virtue of the inextricable Tri-Unity, and hence the intimate intra-Trinity relations, all Three Persons are addressed through an address to any One of them.

    A Prayer to the Father is received through the Son, in the Holy Spirit.

    A Prayer to the Son is received by the Father, in the Holy Spirit.

    A Prayer to the Holy Spirit is received by the Father through the Son.
  • Unknown
    Iqbal,

    I think your explanation above to this question is the best answer for my question concerning the relationship between the 3 persons of the Holy Trinity.

    I think the way you explained it above is very helpful to the extent, you migght as well cut and paste it in a Q&A section in tasbeha.org dedicated to Coptic Theology where people can see this response.

    Well done.

    ps. Did you like the song "Abda' bism allah'hil ab wal Ibn wal-ro7 hil Qodos, Illah, wa7id rub Il Arbab , Qodoos il 7ay rub il saba-oot..."

  • hany58hany58
    shoof ya ostaza Vassilios, to understand these things better, don't try to think of God the father, the son, and the holy spirit as three persons, coz they are all 1 esence with three hypostasis. whene our lord jesus christ sent his desicples, he told them: "Preach with the NAME of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, so he didn't say NAMES, so basically they are all one thing, they are all God. God is spirit and the holy spirit is the spirit of God so He is God. if you think about it as 3 things you will get yourself confused, God is 1 esence with three hypostasis.

    Baladoos
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