In order to even begin to think about the Holy Spirit then, it seems helpful to think about docility. What is docility? It’s that quality that helps us be amenable, or cooperative, to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. What does this look like? Surely, humility helps us to listen, and to be prompt in our response, when we know the direction the Lord is leading. How do we know the direction? Following the Ten Commandments, and living an intense sacramental life, are surely ways where we are going to see the Lord's path quietly open before us. Looking over our lives, and seeing where we respond to grace, and where we follow our own preferences and self-will over the law of charity, will help us to see if we have been attentive to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can help us order our lives toward our greatest good, ultimately leading us to heaven.

When we look at the lives of the saints, we see this docility, we see this promptness, and we see the joy that comes as a fruit of this humble attentiveness to His ways. Mother Teresa of Calcutta is one such example, of our own time. She followed the Holy Spirit in founding the Missionaries of Charity, but also in speaking to diverse groups of people, the message of the Gospel, in season and out of season, popular or unpopular. She was not stifled by social norms or expectations, but saw the law of charity as the guiding principle, this law that brings true freedom, leading people to their ultimate fulfillment, that is, Union with Christ.

In these summer days, in the midst of many gatherings, and fun activities, may we be attentive to the Holy Spirit, helping us to order our lives, and helping us to lead others to Him.