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I don’t think that’s a coincidence. The very Sunday when the floodgates of God’s unfathomable ocean of Mercy open up and spill out over every sinner who in humility begs for forgiveness is very day the completion of the Miraculous 54 day Rosary Novena ends! Think about that.Are you s...
PentecostSunday is June 8, 2025 On a Personal Note: Both of my parents died in 2016, and one of my brothers in 2017. I'm grateful for your kind remembrances and your prayers for their eternal reward. I created some simple memorial pages so friends and family can remember them: ...
When we come to the topic of Pentecost in my introductory Theology classes, I typically ask my students to discuss how they would explain the difference between “unity” and “uniformity” on the one hand, and “division” and “diversity” on the other. The responses they report are usuall...
Many dioceses of the United States transfer the Ascension to the following Sunday. The Monday following Pentecost Sunday is a memorial of Mary, the Mother of the Church, added to the calendar by Pope Francis in 2018. Though this is a new memorial, actual devotion to Mary as Mother of the...
Christ asked St Margaret that the Feast of the Sacred Heart be celebrated on the Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi or 19 days after Pentecost Sunday. The Sacred Heart of Jesus represents his love for all mankind. Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus goes back to the 11th century ...
Pope Siricius, who answered him (P.L., XIII, 1134), identifies the feasts of Natalitia Christi and of His Apparitio, and is very indignant at the extension of the period for baptisms beyond that of Easter and that of Pentecost. Pope Leo I (“Ep. xvi ad Sicil. episcopos”, c. i...
on our Lenten festal wreath, 5 purple candles. The final 6th candle will be swapped from purple into a special black candle just for Holy Week. 😍 Then the yellow candle for Easter day, and afterwards we'll move into a full set of white candles for the Easter season until Pentecost!
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The foundation of the Church was externally completed on the day of Pentecost by the effusion of the Holy Spirit. Several Church fathers have called this day the birthday of the Christian Church; accordingly the Catholic historian claims it as the actual beginning of the Catholic Church. Many ...