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The Holy Spirit and the Old Testament »
While not many parishes take advantage of the option, the current Roman Missal has brought back an extended option for celebrating the solemnity of Pentecost, like the one found in the Roman Missal post-Trent.
Jesus has spent three years with these men, followed after His Passion with another 40 days of final instruction. And then He leaves. You can’t help but wonder what the Apostles thought. Take us with you, Lord?
Responsibility: A Christian Virtue »
The Year 2021 is already on its course and I am sure.we all have cause to thank God the Almighty even though we are still struggling to cope and by God's grace overcome the evil of the COVID 19 Pandemic.
In Chicago’s Goodman Theater production of A Christmas Carol, one of the characters says wistfully, “Enough, what a glorious word.” And when Jesus asked the disciples what they had to feed the multitude and they said five loaves and two fishes, he said, basically, “That is enough.”
Lessons From A Nineteen-Month-Old »
I have two grown sons, both married, and one with two children. I've always loved having sons, but living in an all male household prompted me to pray frequently for God to bless me with a daughter.
Grace is when God gives you what is good at a time when you do not qualify for it. It is purely a gift with no strings attached. The Jerusalem Council, as recounted in our First Reading, was a gathering of the leadership of the Church to deliberate on whether non-Jews who had accepted the Gospel had to be circumcised in the tradition of Moses before they can be saved or they did not need to be circumcised.
Saint Josephine Bakhita »
Feast Day: February 8
Patron Saint Of: Sudan
Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know suffering.
Catholics Must Fast More Intensely This Lent»
The Norbertine Canons of St. Michael's Abbey have created this digital Lenten retreat so that you can journey through this holy season alongside them. If you want to have one of your best Lenten seasons yet, join us in our Lenten Program "The Great Fast" - https://theabbotscircle.com/the-great-fast-join
When Your Faith Is Put to the Test - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon»
Friends, we come now to the Second Sunday of Lent, and we’re on both dangerous and very holy ground with the first reading from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. The ancient Israelites referred to it as the “Akedah,” which means the “binding”: Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God’s command.
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