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Miseremini · « **Reply #55 on:** May 19, 2024, 01:46:46 PM »

The Descent of the Holy Ghost

CONSIDERATION.

Ten days after His Ascension, and on the fiftieth day after Easter, Jesus fulfilled the promise He had so often made to His Apostles of sending them His Holy Spirit. We read in the second chapter of the Acts that "when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were altogether in one place: and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them: and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with diverse tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak." It is in these few and simple words that St. Luke records the great and mysterious event which substituted the Christian feast of Pentecost for the Jєωιѕн one; an event which changed the Apostles in one moment from carnal and ignorant into spiritual and eloquent men, eminent both in wisdom and holiness, gifted with an invincible zeal and courage, and thenceforward fully capable of executing their great commission of evangelizing mankind and changing the whole face of the earth.

APPLICATION.

We celebrate today the anniversary of this great event, and that not only by commemorating it as we commemorate our Lord's resurrection at Easter, but by seeking to renew it within ourselves. In this respect the feast of Pentecost differs from all others; for others are feasts of gratitude for past mercies, whereas in this we celebrate a mystery which is continually renewed in the Church, and which will be renewed in the souls of the faithful, even to the end of the world. At this very day we may venture, according to the promise of Jesus Christ, to ask, and to expect with the same confidence as the Apostles, the descent of the Holy Ghost upon ourselves, and the communication of His gifts.

Taken and adapted from Practical Meditations, available here>>

Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost

O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to send the Holy Ghost to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me, that He may perfect in my soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love.
Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Thy divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining Heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with Thee, and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God, and may dread in any way to displease Him.
Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Thy true disciples and animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.

Miseremini · « **Reply #56 on:** May 20, 2024, 01:13:14 PM »

St. Bernadine of Siena

St. Bernadine, born of noble parentage, left all and entered the Franciscan Order and became one of its chief glories. He preached everywhere devotion to the name of Jesus, and died in 1444.

Miseremini · « **Reply #57 on:** May 24, 2024, 01:35:22 PM »

Our Lady Help of Christians

This Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians is a feast of thanksgiving, instituted by Pope Pius VII in 1815, when the exile of the Sovereign Pontiffs, consequent upon the troubles caused by the first French Revolution, came to an end.

O Almighty and merciful God, Who didst wonderfully appoint the most Blessed Virgin perpetual help for Christians in need of protection: grant in Thy mercy that after battling in life under such a protectress, we may be able to conquer our enemy at death. ~Collect of the Mass of the Feast

Miseremini · « **Reply #58 on:** May 26, 2024, 09:20:56 AM »

Feast of St. Philip Neri

St. Philip Neri founded the Oratorian Congregation. Inflamed with divine love, he brought thousands of souls back to God. He died in 1595.

“Do not grieve over temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grown in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.”

Miseremini · « **Reply #59 on:** May 27, 2024, 11:29:38 AM »

Feast of St. Bede the Venerable

Bede was a Benedictine, a holy monk of Jarrow, in the eighth century. He was of great learning and is famous in Christian literature. He died in 735.

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