Category: Holy Ghost

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...

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...