10 Catholic Things for the Last Day of Pentecost Pre-Gaming (2015)

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10 Catholic Things for the Last Day of Pentecost Pre-Gaming (2015) 2015-05-23T07:28:39-05:00 Kathryn Jean Lopez

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1. From a sixth century African author in the Liturgy of the Hours today:

This was the way in which the Lord’s promise was fulfilled: No one puts new wine into old wineskins. New wine is put into fresh skins, and so both are preserved. So when the disciples were heard speaking in all kinds of languages, some people were not far wrong in saying: They have been drinking too much new wine. The truth is that the disciples had now become fresh wineskins, renewed and made holy by grace. The new wine of the Holy Spirit filled them, so that their fervor brimmed over and they spoke in manifold tongues. By this spectacular miracle they became a sign of the Catholic Church, which embraces the language of every nation.

Keep this feast, then, as members of the one body of Christ. It will be no empty festival for you if you really live what you are celebrating. For you are the members of that Church which the Lord acknowledges as his own, being himself acknowledged by her, that same Church which he fills with the Holy Spirit as she spreads throughout the world. He is like a bridegroom who never loses sight of his own bride; no one could ever deceive him by substituting some other woman.

To you men of all nations, then, who make up the Church of Christ, you, the members of Christ, you, the body of Christ, you, the bride of Christ, to all of you the Apostle addresses these words: Bear with one another in love; do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Notice that when Paul urges us to bear with one another, he bases his argument on love, and when he speaks of our hope of unity, he emphasizes the bond of peace. This Church is the house of God. It is his delight to dwell here. Take care, then, that he never has the sorrow of seeing it undermined by schism and collapsing in ruins.

Let us invoke the Holy Spirit each day: He guides us along the path of discipleship in Christ.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) May 23, 2015

3. From my friend Brother Humbert on Dominicana: what exactly are these gifts of the Holy Spirit, and what do they do for us? In other words, how does the Holy Spirit, whose coming upon the nascent Church we celebrate this Sunday, operate in our daily lives?

4. Fr. Steve Grunow:

St. Paul did not seek the destruction of Roman culture, but its transformation in Christ. So it must be with our own missionary efforts in regards our own culture.

Please pray for our 12 men being ordained to the priesthood this Saturday: James Benavides, Sean Connolly, Jose… http://t.co/CY80GviXWQ

— St Joseph's Seminary (@sjsdunwoodie) May 21, 2015

What a difference it would make if every #Catholic & every parish were dedicated to praying every day for our #priests & for new #vocations!

— Archbishop Gomez (@ArchbishopGomez) May 21, 2015

Imagine the #graces that would flow if we commit ourselves to regular adoration of the #Eucharist and #HolyHours to pray for #vocations!

— Archbishop Gomez (@ArchbishopGomez) May 21, 2015

. @ArchbishopKurtz writes about a prayer service that he attended which highlighted religious persecution http://t.co/f4hV7DRk7T

— The Record newspaper (@Record_Archlou) May 21, 2015

Pope Francis' Prayer for Persecuted Christians #VigilOfPentecost #free2pray pic.twitter.com/HK4ogfUnj2

— Opus Dei – UK (@OpusDeiUK) May 23, 2015

10.

Cleanse & refresh us in the waters of the Spirit; where there is anguish & sin, bring healing & rebirth. Father, send us your Spirit. #lauds

— Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) May 23, 2015

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