DOCILE OR NOT? – One Bread, One Body, Jun 8, 2014
Pentecost Acts 2:1-11 | 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 | Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34 | John 20:19-23 “Then He breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’ ” —John 20:22 Most of us reading this reflection are baptized and confirmed Catholics. We went to Mass today and possibly have been praying the Pentecost novena for the past nine days in imitation of the very first Novena ever prayed (see Acts 1:4; 2:1).
ACTS OF APOSTLES – One Bread, One Body, Jun 7, 2014
Pentecost Novena – Day 9 Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 | Psalm 11:4-5, 7 | John 21:20-25 “Your business is to follow Me.” —John 21:22 Today, on the last day of our novena to the Holy Spirit and the next to last day of the Easter season, we read the last words of the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel of John . May today be the last time we refuse to act on God’s …
THE GIFT OF TEARS – One Bread, One Body, Jun 4, 2014
Pentecost Novena – Day 6 Acts 20:28-38 | Psalm 68:29-30, 33-36 | John 17:11-19 “They began to weep without restraint.” —Acts 20:37 If you receive the Holy Spirit in this Pentecost novena, you will probably feel both more joyful and more sorrowful than ever before. St. Paul, in his life in the Spirit, proclaimed and commanded: “Rejoice in the Lord always! I say it again.