Pentecost – Catholic World Report

St. John the Baptist: Called by the Father, filled with the Spirit, proclaiming the Son

June 23, 2020 Carl E. Olson 9

On the Readings for Sunday, June 24, 2012, The Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist […]

Life in the Holy Spirit

May 30, 2020 Fr. Charles Fox 3

Pentecost Sunday is one of the feasts of the liturgical year that surprises us with an extra song before the Gospel at Holy Mass. Just when we are ready to launch (or heave, or slowly […]

Three Births and the Third Person of the Trinity

May 29, 2020 Carl E. Olson 13

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 […]

Reading Scripture during Lent: Scripture and Tradition

February 18, 2020 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 4

Editor’s note: This is the second essay in a three-part series on “Reading Scripture during Lent”. Part One was “A Catholic Understanding of the Bible”. Which comes ﬁrst, the chicken or the egg? That question […]

There is nothing ordinary about “Ordinary Time”

July 10, 2019 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 3

Editor’s note. The following homily was preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., on July 10, 2019, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Let’s check your grasp of […]

Ascension, Pentecost, and the excesses of an inefficient God

May 28, 2019 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 1

I was on sabbatical last year, and as I finished three books, several international lectures, and a bunch of other projects, my superego relentlessly pursued me with the question: “Are you doing enough?” This wretched […]

Catholic. And Charismatic.

May 25, 2019 Carl E. Olson 2

Readings: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 Psa. 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Rev. 21:10-14, 22-23 Jn. 14:23-29 What is the largest body of charismatic Christians in the world? And when did the charismatic, or Pentecostal, movement begin? With […]