Feasting, praise, poetry: Rediscovering and celebrating Pentecost anew
How do you celebrate Pentecost? In years past, my tradition consisted of showing up to Sunday Mass, glancing at the bulletin, and thinking, “Is it Pentecost already? I should have worn my red dress.” Why […]
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During His conversation with the apostles on the night of His arrest, Jesus looks into the future. What does He see? Gospel (Read Jn 14:23-29) In a long section of St. John’s Gospel that we call “the Last Supper Discourse” (see Jn 13-17), Jesus begins to anticipate His departure from this world and what that will […]
St. John had a vision of heavenly liturgy in which all creatures in heaven and on earth, angels and men, were constantly praising and worshipping the risen and glorified Christ, “Worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing…To the one who sits on […]
If there were ever an action book present in the Bible that moves quickly from one scene of action to the next, it would have to be The Acts of the Apostles. The Apostles arrested and thrown in jail, a young man persecuting Christians and throwing them in jail, his conversion through a powerful light […]
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