Tagged: confirmation

Prayer Companion: Come, Holy Spirit

“Acquire the Holy Spirit and thousands around you will acquire salvation” – St. Seraphim of Sarov St. Seraphim dreamed big. Honored by both the Roman Catholic (today) and Orthodox (January 15) calendars, this wonderworker emphasized seeking communion with God as the true purpose of life for every Christian. St. Seraphim’s life demonstrated that everything else was merely the means for “acquiring the Holy Spirit.” Wait! Didn’t we acquire the Holy Spirit at baptism and weren’t we sealed with the gift of the Spirit at Confirmation? Can’t we acquire more of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Reconciliation or receive the Eucharist? A resounding “yes” to all of these.

Fr. Bob Hilz, TOR

Friars Corner: Dear Holy Spirit, fill us with the joy of your marvelous gifts

Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-22. Now we come to the conclusion of our Easter Season. We remembered the suffering, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. We conclude with the Father and Jesus setting his closest companions with boldness and courage to go forth into all the...

Name Your Battles

Name Your Battles

The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion November 7 Name Your Battles I know what it is to have little, and I know also how to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. I can do all...

Friar’s Corner: True joy is knowing and following Jesus

Friar’s Corner: True joy is knowing and following Jesus

Hebrews 1:2-3, 2:2-4; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14; Lk 17:5-10 Please continue to daily pray a Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and a rosary for the conversion of our beloved country, for pro-life results in our elections and the terrorists in our country and the world. Monday is the feast of Our Lady of...

Friar’s Corner: Dear Holy Spirit, fill us to overflowing to spread your kingdom

Friar’s Corner: Dear Holy Spirit, fill us to overflowing to spread your kingdom

Acts 2:1-11; Psalms 140:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1; Corinthians 12:3b-13; Pentecost Sequence; John 20:19-23 Catholics call this great feast the Birthday of our Church. Why? The early community was basically in hiding from Jewish and Roman authorities. At the Ascension Jesus told them to go back into the city to wait and pray for the...