I would like to begin with a story:
    In the ancient days, when the first quiver of speech came to my lips, I ascended  the holy mountain and spoke unto God saying, “Master, I am thy slave. Thy hidden will is my law and I shall obey Thee for evermore.”
    But God made no answer and like a mighty tempest passed away.
   
    And after a thousand years I ascended the holy mountain and again spoke unto God, saying,  “Creator, I am Thy creation. Out of clay hast thou fashioned me and to thee I owe mine all.”
    And God made no answer, but like a thousand swift wings passed away.

    And after a thousand years I climbed the holy mountain and spoke unto God again, saying,  “Father, I am thy son. In pity and love thou hast given me birth and through love and worship I shall inherit thy kingdom.”
    And God made no answer, and like the mist that veils the distant hills passed away.

    And after a thousand years, I climbed the sacred mountain and again spoke unto God, saying, “My God, my aim and my fulfillment; I am Thy yesterday and thou art my tomorrow.  I am thy root in the earth and thou art my flower in the sky, and together we grow before the face of the sun.”
    Then God leaned over me and in my ears whispered words of sweetness, and even as the sea that enfoldeth a brook that runneth down to her, God enfolded me.

    And when I descended to the valleys and the plains God was there also.

                     (from Inscape, by George Maloney SJ)

In a conference at Amiens in 1841, St Madeleine Sophie, in speaking of prayer, contemplation, virtue and what is expected of those who claim the Sacred Heart of Jesus, said this:

    The way of ways, the way Par Excellence, is interior spirit,
    that spirit that gives life and fruitfulness to everything.  It is
    interior spirit that makes us another Jesus Christ. . . This
    interior spirit must be the breath of our soul, the soul of our
    soul.

    That Spirit that gives life
    That Spirit that makes us another Jesus Christ
    That Spirit that must be the breath of our soul

What are we saying?  That the Holy Spirit makes us another Christ.  That the
Holy Spirit wants to take us over completely, to transform us into the very Person of Jesus the Christ.