How does someone react when they receive the Holy Spirit?

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The Holy Spirit has many applications, all true believing Christians have the Holy Spirit as they are born again of the Spirit. This will cause ones mindset to dramatically alter; becoming more inline with the will of God, and causing one to seek after God. If one has the Holy Spirit they will produce the fruit of the Spirit.

Another application of the Holy Spirit is when the Spirit rests upon someone. This could be for a number of reasons, one of the main reasons being outreach ministry. When a person receives the Holy Spirit for outreach ministry they will often speak in tongues, often when they pray for the sick in Jesus' name they will see them healed. Those full of the Holy Spirit may also prophesy.

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AnswerThat all depends on how they cooperate with the Holy Spirit. Everybody receives the Holy Spirit in all the sacraments, but particularly in Baptism and Confirmation. If one receives the Holy Spirit in a state of grace (having no unconfessed serious sin on their soul) and in a prayerful spirit, then one normally receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit and grows into the fruits of the Holy Spirit.

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from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994

III. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit

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1830 The moral life of Christians is sustained by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These are permanent dispositions which make man docile in following the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

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1831. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. They belong in their fullness to Christ, Son of David. (Cf. Isa 11:1-2) They complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them. They make the faithful docile in readily obeying divine inspirations.

Let your good spirit lead me on a level path. (Ps.143:10)

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God . . . If children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ. (Rom 8:14, 17)

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Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Supernatural works that, according to St. Paul, manifest the presence of the Holy Spirit. The one who performs them recognizes God's presence by the happiness he experiences, and other the divine presence by witnessing these good works (Galatians 5:22-23). They are, in other words, identifiable effects of the Holy Spirit. In the Vulgate text they are: charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, mildness, faith, modesty, continency, and chastity.