What is the Charismatic Renewal? Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) is a spiritual movement within the Catholic Church that emphasises the availability of the power and the many gifts of the Holy Spirit in the life of every believer, and the need for a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ in order to live life to the fullest. CCR has its international office in Rome, and consists of
thousands of local prayer groups and communities, as well as special ministries and services, in almost every country around the world. CCR emphasises the goodness of God, and proclaims, with the Church, that God’s grace is freely given to everyone. Jesus Christ fully revealed God, enabling each person to know God as good, as totally giving, and as one who shares fully in the human experience. The essence and life of any Charismatic, is a life of joyfully praising the Lord, and service, helping his neighbor who is another Christ (Mt.25:31-46)... the same as the results of any of the seven Pentecost experiences of the New Testament:
In fact, the first Charismatic of the New Testament is Blessed Virgin Mary, as related in Mat.1 and Lk.1: In the in the first Pentecost of the NT Virgin Mary was filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and Jesus incarnated in her. And with Jesus within her, she did the two things all good Charismatic should do:
1- She went immediately to serve, to help her cousin Elisabeth who was six months pregnant at old age (Lk.1:36, 39-45).
2- She joyfully sang the praises of the Lord in her Magnificat (Lk.1:46-56). The Greek term "Charism" or "charisma" denote any good gift that flows from God's benevolent love (charis) unto man, through the Holy Spirit. The plural is "Charisms" or "charismata". It is a "Movement", not an Organization nor a Society. As a Movement, it has religious and laymen leaders, directors of charismatic centers and events, but it doesn't have president, secretary, treasurer, etc. as any organization or society would have. For further details see: http://www.ccr.org.uk/
