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. …”
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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]
» Read moreCATHOLIC 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
» Read moreCATHOLIC 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
» Read moreCATHOLIC 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
» Read moreCATHOLIC 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.”
» Read moreCATHOLIC 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.”
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda
“St. Charles and many other martyrs for the faith died between November 15, 1885 – January 27, 1887 in Namugongo, Uganda. St. Charles and his companions were beatified in 1920 and canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. …
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[Feast of the Visitation:] Conclusion of the Marian Month: Homily of His Holiness Saint John Paul II” – 5.31.79
“‘And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord’ (Lk 1:45). 1. With this greeting, the elderly Elizabeth exalts her young kinswoman Mary, who has come, humble and modest, to help her. Under the impulse of the Holy Spirit, the mother of the Baptist is the first in
» Read moreCATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wednesday 5.31.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“#Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted #Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the #HolySpirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, ‘Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is
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