The Pope recalled that the Catholic Charismatic movement is one of the many fruits of Vatican II which stimulated an extraordinary flourishing of groups and movements especially sensitive to the Holy Spirit. In the charismatic movement the criteria in Christifideles laic must find their expression, ecpecially fidelity to the ecclesial Magisterium, filial obedience to pastors and the spirit of service with regard to local Churches and parishes said the Pope. One of the most urgent tasks today is the formation of the laity, he went on. This has as its basic objective the very clear discovery of one's own vocation and an ever greater willingness to live it in fulfillment of one s own mission. In today s secularized world, which proposes models devoid of spiritual values, this duty is more urgent then ever.
Faith dies when it is reduced to a custom, to a habit, to a purely emotional experience.
I know the Renewal in the Holy Spirit does all that it can to respond to this need.