Archives for June 2022

Follow Christ out of the world

Sunday 26 June 2022

Sometimes it is all to easy — even without thinking — to find ourselves following the voice of the world at large. The way of discipleship isn’t the easy way and may well lead us into a position where we find ourselves in direct opposition to the world.

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Fresco of the Holy Trinity, Giovanni Maria Conti della Camera (1614–1670), c.1660; Chiesa di Santa Croce, Parma

One God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity

Sunday 12 June 2022

The intimacy between Father, Son and Holy Spirit reveals a dynamic relationship of love into which we are called to participate and to which we are called to bear witness.

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Pentecost (detail), Jean Restout the Younger (1692–1768), 1732; Musée du Louvre

Spirit of Unity

Sunday 5 June 2022

It is in the Holy Spirit that we are enabled to know Christ personally and become a temple of the Holy Spirit of God while within the community of faith.

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Chasuble by Sacra Domus Aurea

Pentecost Novena: Day 9: The Fruits of the Spirit

Saturday 4 June 2022

As we grow in the knowledge and love of God under the direction of the Holy Spirit, our service becomes more sincere and generous, the practice of virtue more perfect.

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Chasuble from Maris Stella Vestments

Pentecost Novena: Day 8: The Gift of Wisdom

Friday 3 June 2022

It is the gift of Wisdom that strengthens our faith, fortifies hope, perfects charity, and promotes the practice of virtue in the highest degree.

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Pentecost Novena: Day 7: The Gift of Counsel

Thursday 2 June 2022

The gift of Counsel endows the soul with supernatural prudence, enabling it to judge promptly and rightly what must done, especially in difficult circumstances.

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