In other words, added Benedict XVI, "Paul reflects on the Holy Spirit, revealing its influence not just on the actions of the Christian, but also on our being. Actually, Paul says that God’s Spirit lives in us, and God sent the Spirit in His Son into our hearts. So the Spirit marks us down to our most intimate personal depths". The Christian, "even before acting", continued the Holy Father, "already owns a rich and fecund inner life, given us by the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation, an inner life that establishes us in an objective and original relationship of filiation with God". According to the Pope, this "is our great dignity, of not being just the resemblance but the children of God" and "being more and more aware of being adopted children in God’s large family". Hence his invitation "to turn this objective gift into a subjective reality, decisive for our thinking, acting, being". Saint Paul also teaches us that "there is no prayer without the presence of the Spirit within ourselves". "As well as it is true commented the Pope that we do not know how to talk to God" but "the Holy Spirit intercedes for us, prays for us", according to God’s designs.
