“Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.” On this great Solemnity of Pentecost, we invite the Holy Spirit into our hearts so that rivers of living water will flow from within us. Jesus promises the Spirit to all who come to believe in him. And so, today we give primary focus to the Holy Spirit, who is the source of all life, the source of all love, the source of all being.
Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, which commemmorates the event of Jesus’ ascension into heaven, where he is now seated at the right hand of the Father. St. Paul tells us that the honor bestowed upon Jesus places him “far aSbove every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come.” St. Peter echoes this, saying, “There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under…
Today is the Sixth Sunday of Easter and it’s hard to believe how quickly the time has passed. Pretty soon, we will be celebrating our Blessed Lord’s Ascension and Pentecost. These upcoming feast days are quite significant, and our readings set the stage for these miraculous events. Something I have always found funny about the way the readings are arranged during Easter is how they are out of order. If we were to visualize and piece together the events described in today’s readings, it would be…
This weekend we celebrate one of the most important secular holidays of the year: Mother’s Day. So, I want to begin by acknowledging all mothers, and say on behalf of all children: Thank you, we love you, we pray for you, we want what is best for you, just as you have always sought to provide what is best for us. These are challenging times, and certainly not the best of circumstances to celebrate Mother’s Day, but I’d like to encourage sons and daughters everywhere to spend some time with their…
