Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of your love.
ACTS 2:1-11
My Soul's Beloved,
Today is the birthday of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church You founded on Peter and the Apostles. Today the Church rejoices on her feast day when You, true to Your promise, sent the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, to lead the Church into all Truth. 'When he, the Spirit of truth comes,
he will guide you into the whole truth.
For he will not speak of his own
authority, but will speak what he
hears, and he will tell you about the
things which are to come. He will
take what is mine and make it known
to you; in doing this, he will glorify me. All that the Father has is mine; for
this reason, I told you that the Spirit
will take what is mine and make it
To this Church, which is Your Body, You have sent Your Holy Spirit and through her the life-giving Sacraments instituted by You are given to all her members every grace, gift, and blessing to enable each faithful member to bear fruit for the glory of God and the Church. The Feast of Pentecost is the perennial feast of the Church, for she is constantly bringing forth new believers through the faith that brings new life to all who embrace the fullness of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness deposited in her rich treasury of faith.
JOHN 14:15-16,23-26
known to you.' JN 16:13-15
To this Church, which is Your Body, You have sent Your Holy Spirit and through her the life-giving Sacraments instituted by You are given to all her members every grace, gift, and blessing to enable each faithful member to bear fruit for the glory of God and the Church. The Feast of Pentecost is the perennial feast of the Church, for she is constantly bringing forth new believers through the faith that brings new life to all who embrace the fullness of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness deposited in her rich treasury of faith.
To us, blessed beyond belief to be cradle Catholics, and to those who were hungry and thirsty for Truth, and were led by grace to enter with courage into the Church to find their blessed home in her, we thank You. Help us to take this grace for granted, O Lor,d but to strive unceasingly to live our faith fearlessly and by the witness of our lives draw the whole world into Your Body, where each already has a place to call home.
When Pentecost day came round, they had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech.
Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely’ they said ‘all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from Rome – Jews and proselytes alike – Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.’
PSALM 103(104):1,24,29-31,34
Send forth your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.
Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord God, how great you are,
How many are your works, O Lord!
The earth is full of your riches.
You take back your spirit, they die,
returning to the dust from which they came.
You send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the earth.
May the glory of the Lord last for ever!
May the Lord rejoice in his works!
May my thoughts be pleasing to him.
I find my joy in the Lord.
Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely’ they said ‘all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from Rome – Jews and proselytes alike – Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.’
PSALM 103(104):1,24,29-31,34
Send forth your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.
Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord God, how great you are,
How many are your works, O Lord!
The earth is full of your riches.
You take back your spirit, they die,
returning to the dust from which they came.
You send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the earth.
May the glory of the Lord last for ever!
May the Lord rejoice in his works!
May my thoughts be pleasing to him.
I find my joy in the Lord.
Send forth your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.
ROMANS 8:8-17
ROMANS 8:8-17
JOHN 14:15-16,23-26
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