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The first half of the homily is in Spanish. The second half is in English. Father Ed Broom asks the question, if the laws of physics can change one substance to another – black carbon into a brilliant diamond, don’t you think that the Holy Spirit can turn sinners into saints? All of us are carbon – hard, resistant. We can be cold and sometimes even smelly! The good news is that black carbon can be transformed into a beautiful diamond. How is it going to come about? Look at the Apostles before the coming of the Holy Spirit. They were paralyzed with fear! Father Ed then takes one Apostle, Simon Peter. Fulton Sheen says Simon Peter had two personalities: the Peter of the Gospels and the Peter in the Acts of the Apostles. Father Ed gives succinct and insightful cameos of the two facets of the Apostle Peter. What brought about the transformation in Peter? The Divine Invasion of the Holy Spirit. Like Peter, we have to open our hearts to the Divine Invasion of the Holy Spirit through the intercession of Mary – Mother of God, Mother of the Church, and our Mother!
