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St. John the Baptist: Called by the Father, filled with the Spirit, proclaiming the Son
On the Readings for Sunday, June 24, 2012, The Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist […]
Pentecost
Essay
Mary, the Spirit, and the Church
Mary prays in the heart of the Apostolic Church on Pentecost, “The Birthday of the Church” (Acts 1:12-14).
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“Every truth is from the Holy Spirit”: On Pentecost Sunday
On the Readings for Pentecost Sunday, May 20, 2018 […]
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How the Christian life is enlivened by the Holy Spirit, “the Lord and Giver of life”
In the coming of the Spirit and in His on-going advents in the Church’s life, most especially through the Sacred Liturgy, the Kingdom becomes a […]
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Preachers who are in love with Christ
On the Readings for April 15, 2018, the Third Sunday of Easter […]
Essay
Pentecost and the Role of the Laity
Editor’s note: The following homily preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., today, on the Solemnity of Pentecost (4 June 2017), at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City. […]
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Three Births and the Third Person of the Trinity
Readings: • Acts 2:1-11 • Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 • 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17 • Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26 He is silent, yet sounds like rushing wind; he […]