BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (45) – What are the missions of the Son and the Holy Spirit?

The word โ€œmissionโ€ comes from Latin which means โ€œto send.โ€ When a Person proceeds from another, He is also sent. The Son proceeds from the Father; He is sent by the Father. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son; He is sent by the Father and the Son. In other words, mission follows procession: the Son proceeds from the Father, and is sent to men by the Father; the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, and is sent to men by the Father and the Son (cf CCC 258).