U2's anger at the trenches dug deep in Irish hearts expresses a desire to transcend divisions between people and find what can bind people into community. John the Baptist wanted the Pharisees and Sadducees to open their stone hearts. The prayers and signs of our worship describe the telltale signs of the Spirit's prescence. John 3.8 compares the Spirit to wind that blows freely where it will, invisible except in what it sets in motion. Oil is the sign of the Spirit in Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders, and Anointing of the Sick.
Oil shines, soothes, and heals.
The Spirit is the love of Father and Son for Each other, the inner life of the Trinity present within us. The role of the prophet is to let the Spirit speak from withing him or her. Homer sang the Greek epics. Bands of prophets sang and sought God in ecstasy in ancient Israel. Jr. Prophets invite words and images of their own experience to intermingle in their deepest souls with events and symbols that have inspired human beings in the past.