CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “A Mighty Wind: Scott Hahn Reflects on Pentecost Sunday” – St. Paul Center For Biblical Theology
“The giving of the Spirit to the new people of God crowns the mighty acts of the Father in salvation history. …”
Month: June 2017
CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Pentecost Sunday – Heart of the Nation (Wisconsin)
Catholic TV Mass for Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2017, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings]
CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The Holy Spirit: Pentecost” – EWTN
“‘Through the Holy Spirit we are restored to paradise, led back to the Kingdom of heaven, and adopted as children, given confidence to call God “Father” and to share in Christ’s grace, called children of light and given a share in eternal glory.’ – St. Basil, De Spiritu Sancto ….”
CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Pentecost Sunday – Catholic TV (Archdiocese of Boston)
Catholic TV Mass for Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese or Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Pentecost: The Gift of the Spirit” – Saint Augustine/ VaticanVa
“… when the Spirit of Truth blows where He Wills (cf. Jn 3:8) the words of each nation become common in the mouth of the Church. Since that day Showers of Charisms and Streams of Blessings have watered every desert and every wilderness (cf. Is 35:6), for in order to renew the face of the earth (cf. Ps 103:30), ‘God’s Spirit hovered over the waters’ (Gen 1:2), and to dispel the old darkness flashes of a new light appeared, while from the splendour of sparking tongues sprang the ardent Word of the Lord and His Fiery Destiny (cf. Ps 18:9), in which is found efficacy to enlighten and strength to burn in order to form minds and conquer sin.”
CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Pentecost Sunday – Archdiocese of Toronto
Catholic TV Mass for Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2017, from the Archdiocese or Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[Prayer to obtain the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit] – The Tree of Life no.49” – Saint Bonaventure/ Daily Gospel/ Classics of Western Spirituality)
“We pray to the most kind Father through you, His only-begotten Son, who for us became Man, was crucified and Glorified, that He send us out of His Treasures the Spirit of Sevenfold Grace who rested upon you in all fullness: the Spirit, I say, of Wisdom … Understanding … Counsel … Fortitude … Knowledge … Piety, by which we may acquire a merciful heart; the gift of Fear, by which we may draw away from all evil and be set at peace by submitting in awe to Your Eternal Majesty. …”
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Pentecost Sunday – Mass During The Day 6.4.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“When the time for #Pentecost was fulfilled,
they were all in one place together.
And suddenly there came from the sky
a noise like a strong driving wind,
and it filled the entire house in which they were.
Then there appeared to them Tongues as of Fire,
which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. …”
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Pentecost Sunday – At The Vigil Mass 6.4.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“… On the last and greatest day of the feast,
#Jesus stood up and exclaimed,
‘Let anyone who thirsts come to Me and drink.
As #Scripture says:
Rivers of living water will flow from within him who believes in me.’
He said this in reference to the Spirit
that those who came to believe in Him were to receive.”
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs, Saturday 6.3.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“R. The just will gaze on Your Face, O Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The LORD searches the just and the wicked;
the lover of violence he hates.
For the LORD is Just, He loves just deeds;
the upright shall see His Face.”