Posts Tagged ‘Pentecost’
A Prayer on Pentecost Sunday
Most Holy Spirit, you were present with the Father and the Son when all of creation was called into being. Your moving presence took a small group of people and made it into a new communion that is your Church. Make us worthy of your constant presence. Divine Advocate, direct my actions as an individual and as a ...Read More
“Hear the Word!” by Bill Ayres: Pentecost Sunday
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 2:1-11) If you wonder why there were so many people from so many countries in Jerusalem on the occasion described in this passage, it was because Pentecost was first a Jewish feast and a time when pilgrims from all over the near world ...Read More
Feast of Pentecost – Our Gifts
“‘I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that ...Read More
7th Sunday of Easter – Living in Between
“’I speak this in the world so that they may share my joy completely. I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of ...Read More
Ascension of the Lord – I Am With You Always
“The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, ‘All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all ...Read More
The Sounds of Mercy
The prophet Elijah sought God in windstorm and earthquake and fire. But he heard God only as a “still, small voice” (1 Kings 19:12). In Psalm 46, we are advised to “Be still, and know that I am God.” But after more than a week of prayer in the upper room, ...Read More
Pentecost – The Language of Love
“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 ...Read More
The Holy Spirit and the Celtic Wild Goose
There are a variety of images in both Scripture and tradition that help us to grasp the meaning of the Holy Spirit. In the Old Testament we encounter the Holy Spirit as “ruach” the very breath of God. In the New Testament, the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary and she was ...Read More
The Perfect Day
My son was baptized on Pentecost. Celebrating his first sacrament, and joining all Catholics around the world celebrating the birth of the Church on the same day was an amazing experience. I’d love to take credit for some ingenious planning, but it was the Holy Spirit at work. Two dates ...Read More
The Holy Spirit Alive and Active in our Lives / El Espíritu Santo vive y obra en nuestra vida
In the bestselling novel The Shack, the Trinity appears in unorthodox form to Mack, a father whose youngest daughter has been murdered. In this story, the Holy Spirit is portrayed as “full of dynamic shades and hues of color and motion”—a Spirit alive and active and visible in everyday life. ...Read More
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