Fourth Week of Advent: Birth by the Holy Spirit

Birth by the Holy Spirit

“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.  For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her.”  

(Mt. 1:20)

These were the words of an angel to Joseph in a dream, explaining that Mary was pregnant not by any misdeed on her part, but by the Holy Spirit. The birth of Jesus and our spiritual birth have a common element. The source of both is the Holy Spirit. 

As we move closer to Christmas, let us remember the role of the Holy Spirit – how the creator of all that exists became one of us in the person of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit, and how we, too, can personally experience the presence of God through the same Holy Spirit. 

May the Holy Spirit continue to guide each of us individually to experience the presence of Jesus Christ more fully, and Porto Charities in its mission to support those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 

By Bill Dalgetty

Board Member and Governance Chair