Between Ascension and Pentecost.Reflects on the readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 16, 1999. Analysis of the description of the post-Ascension community by Luke; Realities about being a church noted by Luke; Significance of the word glory in John's and Jesus' time.Hamma...
With Pentecost just behind us, we are reminded of the power of language, of being understood and when understood how the message of Christ promulgates itself. Let us, therefore, be intentional about our choice of language to always live in Pentecost and not return the Tower of Babel and the...
This week, the liturgical calendar places us at the uneasy time that lies between the ascension of Jesus and the disciples’ reception of the Holy Spirit in Pentecost. Today’s gospel of Mark has Jesus commission his disciples “to proclaim the gospel to every creature.” After doing so, it...
• Holy days for the Catholic Church are Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost and Saints’ Feast Days. Holy days for Protestant Church are Christmas and Easter. • Catholic Church believes in all prophets that are in the books from the Holy Bible. Protestant Church has the same belief. Howe...
Building upon research that resulted in my article in the 2006 edition of JEPTA, called, 'There is Power in the Blood', in this article, I will trace a thread of thought that is discernable in the history of Pneumatology that envisions Easter and Pentecost as mutually indispensible: the ...
which persist to our time. It considers the following interactions between the living and the dead: 1. the measures taken and prohibitions observed by the living to ensure their well-being in the other world; 2. the measures taken by the living to ensure the well-being of their dead relat...