The Holy Spirit Is the Forgiveness of Sins
Today is a Mass that some of us look forward to all year long. Though the beautiful Gospel tells us about Christ the Good Shepherd,...
Saint Mariam of Jesus Crucified
La Petite Arabe The message of the “Little Arab,” Mariam Baouardy, Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified, canonised on 17 May 2015, is well suited to...
A Gift for Each Day
The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost What are the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost? The Catechism names them: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge,...
Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum.
There is no place on earth where the Holy Ghost is not present. There is no place so high that He cannot go there; no...
Favourite Prayers to the Holy Ghost (II)
Blessed Columba Marmion (1858–1923) wrote this prayer to the Holy Spirit at the Abbey of Mont-César in Louvain on Christmas 1908. It is part of...
Favourite Prayers to the Holy Ghost (I)
Apart from the universally treasured Veni Creator Spiritus, the Veni Sancte Spiritus, and the O Heavenly King, there are a few prayers to the Holy...
To prove the world wrong
The Gift Above All Gifts Already today, the sacred liturgy begins to prepare our souls for the Gift above all gifts: the outpouring of the...
Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum
Alleluia! The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world (Wis 1:7); every created thing trembles for joy, every waiting heart recognizes the sound...
Abandonment and the Grace of Pentecost
In this conference, Mother Mectilde instructs us on the feast and grace of Pentecost. I first translated this text in 2011. God’s Gift to Us...
A Sacerdotal Pentecost
From The Journal of A Priest A priest shares what was given him in prayer concerning a sacerdotal Pentecost, a revival of priestly holiness in...
Leo XIII on Devotion to the Holy Ghost
Invoke the Holy Ghost We ought to pray to and invoke the Holy Ghost, for each one of us greatly needs His protection and His...
Consecration of Priests to the Holy Spirit
For Pentecost I translated this passage from the Spiritual Journal of Concepción (Conchita) Cabrera de Armida. In it Our Lord speaks to Conchita concerning his...
Veni Sancte Spiritus
This is, I think, my favourite English translation of the “Golden Sequence,” the Veni Sancte Spiritus. I found it in Maurice Zundel’s classic, The Splendour...
Whitsunday
A Pentecost Meditation Alleluia! Today the Breath of the Lord has invaded the cosmos and filled it! Life spills out of the Cenacle and, like...
Seven Mysteries of the Holy Ghost
Drawing upon the traditional mysteries of the rosary — Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious, and the mysteries of Light proposed by Pope Saint John Paul II...
Whitsunday
A Pentecost Meditation Alleluia! Today the Spirit of the Lord has invaded the cosmos and filled it! Life spills out of the Cenacle and, like...
Pope Benedict XVI Closes Our Lady’s Month
Here is a translation of the address the Holy Father gave Saturday evening at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens at the annual Marian...
A Church Driven by the Breath of God
Homily of Pope Benedict XVI for the Solemnity of Pentecost 2009 Apart from being a magnificent example of mystagogical preaching, the Holy Father’s Pentecost homily...
In Praise of the Octave of Pentecost
Days of Fire and of Light In the traditional Roman liturgical calendar the glorious solemnity of Pentecost has its own Octave: eight days under the...
Cardinal Mercier’s Secret of Sanctity
Désiré-Joseph Cardinal Mercier (1851-1926) was Archbishop of Malines, Belgium from 1906 until his death. Besides the heroic leadership he demonstrated during World War I, Cardinal...