Sermon VIII

The Body Temple of the Holy Spirit

Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. This temple is composed of many things just as the earth is. It is composed  of the earth which makes up our flesh. Our breath is the air. The air is warmed by the fire.  The majority of our body is composed of water. And so we are not only composed of the earth, we are part of the earth and a symbol of the earth.  So if human bodies are in good health, the earth is in good health.

Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, we are spiritual beings. Mother Earth also has a spiritual interior.  This is reflected in the ethical acts that take part in and through the earth. She nourishes us and gives us our breath and so gives us ouractuality  or reality of  being.

We should be in good health so our bodies are worthy  temples of the Holy Spirit therefore the more temples that are worthy the great temple of Mother Earth is also more worthy to be the temple of the Holy Spirit.