by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest,
And in our hearts take up Thy Rest;
Come with Thy Grace and Heavenly Aid
To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. …
O Comfort Blessed, to Thee we cry,
Now Heavenly Gift of God Most High;
Thou Fount of Life, and Fire of Love,
And Sweet Anointing from Above ….”
“Come Holy Ghost,” by Louis Lambillotte, S.J. (1796-1855), performed by “The Singing Nuns”
“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 TV Mass for Pentecost Sunday, May 20, 2018, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“Lord, send out Your Spirit, and Renew the face of the earth.”
“… the heart of all Catholics knows … there is no doubt how much reverence is due to this day, which the Holy Spirit has Consecrated with the matchless wonder of His Gift. In fact, this is the tenth day since the day in which the Lord rose to the Heights of Heaven to take His Seat on the Right Hand of the Father and the fiftieth day since His Resurrection. … * * * How fast the discourse of wisdom is, and where God is the Teacher how quickly one learns what is taught! … 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) … to dispel the old darkness flashes of a new light appeared … from the splendor of sparking tongues sprang the ardent Word of the Lord and His Fiery Destiny (cf. Ps 18:9) … efficacy to enlighten and strength to burn … to form minds and conquer sin. …”
Catholic TV Mass for Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter (Mass in the Morning), May 19, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“The just will gaze on Your Face, O Lord.”
“… ‘As the Father Loves Me, so I also Love you. … If you keep My Commandments, you will remain in My Love, just as I have kept My Father’s Commandments and remain in His Love. … This is My Commandment: love one another as I Love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. …'”
Catholic TV Mass for the Ascension of the Lord, May 13, 2018, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“Lifting up His Eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:
‘Holy Father, keep them in Your Name that You have given Me …
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Consecrate them in the Truth. Your Word is Truth.
As You sent Me into the world,
so I sent them into the world.
And I Consecrate Myself for them,
so that they also may be Consecrated in Truth.'”