MANTRAS
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church, #768 and #2003 are favored charismatics mantras.
768 “So that she can fulfill her mission, the Holy Spirit "bestows upon [the Church] varied hierarchic and charismatic gifts, and in this way directs her." "Henceforward the Church, endowed with the gifts of her founder and faithfully observing his precepts of charity, humility and self-denial, receives the mission of proclaiming and establishing among all peoples the Kingdom of Christ and of God, and she is on earth the seed and the beginning of that kingdom."
2003 “Grace is first and foremost the gift of the Spirit who justifies and sanctifies us. But grace also includes the gifts that the Spirit grants us to associate us with his work, to enable us to collaborate in the salvation of others and in the growth of the Body of Christ, the Church. There are sacramental graces, gifts proper to the different sacraments. There are furthermore special graces, also called charisms after the Greek term used by St. Paul and meaning "favor," "gratuitous gift," "benefit." Whatever their character - sometimes it is extraordinary, such as the gift of miracles or of tongues - charisms are oriented toward sanctifying grace and are intended for the common good of the Church. They are at the service of charity which builds up the Church.”
But obviously #768 and #2003 has a different meaning for charismatics than for the rest of the Catholic Church, including the many men and women who lived and died in the faith prior to the sixties.
In #768 “varied hierarchic” means simply that the church is organized into several layers of hierarchies with different sub-classes. And “varied charismatic gifts” are quite simply, different extraordinary graces given by God. Those were operating in the Church for two thousand years, and contrary to the charismatic belief, did not come on the scene via spirit baptism.
In #2003 notice the word “extraordinary”. By definition it means highly exceptional, beyond what is ordinary or usual or exceptional or remarkable. In other words, these are NOT normative gifts as charismatics would have us believe. Besides “extraordinary grace” is not something that can be thought or developed over time or could be called upon at any time by anybody who has been "baptized in the spirit".
In short #768 and #2003 do not endorse charismatic theology or the renewal at all.
