Posts Tagged ‘Spirit’
“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
Third Week of Advent: “What Should We Do?”
God of all creation, the barrenness of winter is upon the landscape. Cold is in the air. Help us to be aware of your Spirit at work in all we experience in these special weeks of Advent. May we embrace the season as an opportunity to grow in our knowledge of ourselves and in our relationship with you. We ...Read More
The Baptism of Our Lord—God’s New Presence
“This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: ‘One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.’ It happened in those days that Jesus came ...Read More
Pentecost Sunday – Receive the Holy Spirit
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and ...Read More
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – The Lamb of God
“John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, “A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.” I did not ...Read More
The Most Holy Trinity – In Right Relationship
"Jesus said to his disciples: '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 ...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
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – His Mission
“Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the ...Read More
The Jubilee Prayer of Pope Francis
Perhaps you and I cannot be in Rome on Tuesday when the Holy Father opens The Jubilee Year of Mercy by throwing open the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s Basilica. But we can be there with him in spirit by offering the Jubilee Prayer Pope Francis wrote: Lord Jesus Christ, you have ...Read More
The Paschal Mystery and Your Small Group
At the end of the Lenten faith-sharing season we invite you to take time to reflect on and evaluate your small group’s experience this past season in the context of the Paschal Mystery—the life, death, resurrection, and glorification of Jesus. Christ lived, died, rose from the dead, and returned in ...Read More
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