Solemnity
of Pentecost
Fifty days after
Easter
In honor of the Holy Spirit
- wear RED to holy Mass today!
"The world needs men and
women who are not closed
in on themselves, but filled
with the Holy Spirit."
Pope Francis, Pentecost
Homily 2015 (full text - see link
below)
Today is Pentecost. It is not merely a
reminder of a past event, but a continuation of the Spirit renewing the face of
the earth (Psalm 104:30). Today's Pentecost will not be a shadow of the first
Pentecost, rather the first Pentecost is a shadow of today's Pentecost. God's grace is abounding all the more (Romans 5:20).
The Spirit is not diminishing His work in our world, but increasing it. It will
not be only thousands who come to Jesus today (Acts 2:41), but millions. The
waters of the Spirit become deeper as they flow further around the world and
into history (Ezekiel 47:5).
Come, Holy Spirit,
Come!
Artist: Juan
de Flandes
"The Church draws her life from the Eucharist.
This truth does not simply express a daily experience
of faith, but recapitulates the
heart of the mystery of the Church.
In a variety of ways she joyfully experiences the constant fulfillment of the
promise: “Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt 28:20),
but in the Holy Eucharist, through the changing of bread and wine into the body
and blood of the Lord, she rejoices in this presence with unique intensity.
Ever since Pentecost, when the Church, the People
of the New Covenant, began her pilgrim journey towards her heavenly homeland,
the Divine Sacrament has continued to mark the passing of her days, filling them
with confident hope." (Introduction, 1)
Encyclical Letter,
Ecclesia de Eucharistia
Pope St John Paul II
On the Eucharist
in its relationship to the
Church
"There is no greater freedom than that
of allowing oneself to be guided by the Holy Spirit,
renouncing the
attempt to plan and control everything
to the last detail,
and instead letting
him enlighten, guide, and direct us,
leading us wherever He
wills.
The Holy Spirit knows well
what is needed in every time and place.
This is what it means to be
mysteriously fruitful!"
Pope
Francis, Evangelii Gaudium #280
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