Posts tagged Pentecost

Chasuble from Maris Stella Vestments

Pentecost Novena: Day 5: The Gift of Knowledge

Tuesday 18 May 2021

Knowledge unmasks the pretence of created things, reveals their emptiness, and points out their only true purpose as instruments in the service of God.

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Pentecost Novena: Day 4: The Gift of Fortitude

Monday 17 May 2021

By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear, and supported to the end in the performance of duty.

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Chasuble by Sacra Domus Aurea

Pentecost Novena: Day 3: The Gift of Piety

Sunday 16 May 2021

With the Gift of Piety we love God our Father. It inspires us to love and respect for His sake persons and things consecrated to Him.

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Chasuble from Maris Stella Vestments

Pentecost Novena: Day 2: The Gift of Fear

Saturday 15 May 2021

The Gift of Fear is the fear that is the beginning of wisdom, detaching us from worldly pleasures that could in any way separate us from God.

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Pentecost Novena: Day 1: The Holy Spirit

Friday 14 May 2021

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of Love. With His sevenfold gifts He enlightens the mind, strengthens the will, and inflames the heart with love of God.

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

Come, thou holy Paraclete

Sunday 31 May 2020

Today we recall and celebrate that historical moment when the power of the Holy Ghost was first poured into the Church.

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