The joy of conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith
Are you ready for a new Pentecostal Fire? Last week I shared with you the major work of God, the Holy Spirit, that Jesus told his closest followers about at the Last Supper. At the Ascension forty days after his Resurrection, Jesus commanded them to remain in the city until they would receive POWER from on high. This is the only novena, 9 days of prayer, that we find in Scripture.
Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; Psalm 104:1b-4, 24-25, 27-30; Titus 2:11-14, 3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 With this feast, the Baptism of the Jesus, the Christmas cycle ends. There are so many wonderful little things to meditate upon around the birth of Jesus. The shepherds were the first to come to see the true Lamb of God. Blessed...
Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalms 139:1b-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 157-66, 80 You may ask, “Why is the church celebrating the birth of John the Baptist and not the twelfth Sunday of ordinary time?” Because St. John the Baptist was such an important person in the salvation of humanity. This solemn feast dates back to the fourth...
Just before Jesus went back to heaven, having finished his salvation work on earth, he gave his followers a simple command. We find it in Acts of the Apostles 1:4-5, “Do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift My Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but...
