* Joseph Ratzinger, New Outpourings of the Holy Spirit, trans. Michael J. Miller and Henry Taylor (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2007), 115.
Chapter III: The Holy Spirit: The Principal Agent of Mission
* See Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, III, q. 66–69.
† For a fuller treatment of this important issue, see Ralph Martin, “The Post-Christendom Sacramental Crisis: The Wisdom of Thomas Aquinas” (Nova et Vetera, English Edition, Vol. 11, No. 1 [2013]: 59–77). The article is also posted on www.renewalministries.net under “Free Resources.”
* The ministry I am associated with, Renewal Ministries (www.renewalministries.net), has developed a seven-session video series, As by a New Pentecost, which is designed to help those eager for more of the Holy Spirit in their lives to prepare themselves for a greater outpouring.
Chapter IV: The Vast Horizons of the Mission Ad Gentes
* I’ve written about this and other topics related to the theme of this encyclical in Ralph Martin, The Urgency of the New Evangelization: Answering the Call (Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2013). For a more scholarly treatment see Ralph Martin, Will Many Be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implication for the New Evangelization (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012).
Chapter VII: Cooperation in Missionary Activity
* I’ve written a guide for the spiritual life that incorporates the best wisdom the Church has from the writings of the saints as a help for those desiring to grow in holiness. Ralph Martin, The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints (Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road Publications, 2006).
Conclusion
* John Paul II, “Mary Prays for Outpouring of the Spirit,” L’Osservatore Romano, Edizione quotidiana, June 4, 1997.