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,...
Agnus Dei Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi: How Jesus transformed the Jewish Liturgical Calendar
The Jewish Pentecost The Israelite feast of Weeks (called Pentecost in Greek) was observed seven weeks after the feast of Firstfruits, on the fiftieth day....
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,...
A Pentecost Alleluia
Alleluia! Today the Spirit of the Lord has invaded the cosmos and filled it! Life spills out of the Cenacle and, like a torrent of...
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...
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...
Betake thyself to the Church
This morning at Matins, in his homily on Luke 5, Saint Ambrose said: An Example for Our Imitation It was no chance occurence, this healing...
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...
O Divine Spirit
Fifth Grade It was 1962. I was in 5th grade in Saint Francis School when, under the tutelage of the formidable Sister M. Raymond, we...