by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Fifty days after Easter we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, in which we recall the Manifestation of the Power of the Holy Spirit, Who as Wind and as Fire descended upon the Apostles gathered together in the Upper Room, and enabled them to Preach the Gospel to all nations with courage (cf. Acts 2: 1-13). The Mystery of Pentecost, which
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“This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. …”
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“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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“‘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 ….”
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“… 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
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“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
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“… 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.”
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“‘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
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#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, from Our Lady of Loretto Abbey in Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]
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