Category: Prayer
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day Seven: Thursday, 7th Week of Easter
Heal our wounds – our strength renew; On our dryness pour Thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away. The Gift of Counsel The gift of Counsel endows the soul with supernatural prudence, enabling it to judge promptly and rightly what must done, especially in difficult circumstances. Counsel applies the principles furnished by Knowledge and…
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day Six: Wednesday, 7th Week of Easter
If Thou take Thy grace away, nothing pure in man will stay, All his good is turn’d to ill. The Gift of Understanding Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Spirit, helps us to grasp the meaning of the truths of our holy religion BY faith we know them, but by Understanding we learn to…
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day Five: Tuesday, 7th Week of Easter
Light immortal! Light Divine! Visit Thou these hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill! The Gift of Knowledge The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at their true worth–in their relation to God. Knowledge unmasks the pretense of creatures, reveals their emptiness, and points out their only true purpose as…
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day Four: Monday, 7th Week of Easter
Thou in toil art comfort sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, solace in the midst of woe. The Gift of Fortitude By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear, and supported to the end in the performance of duty. Fortitude imparts to the will an impulse and energy which move it…
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day Three: Sunday, 7th Week of Easter
Thou, of all consolers best, Visiting the troubled breast, Dost refreshing peace bestow. The Gift of Piety The gift of Piety begets in our hearts a filial affection for God as our most loving Father. It inspires us to love and respect for His sake persons and things consecrated to Him, as well as those…
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day Two: Saturday, 6th Week of Easter
Come. Father of the poor. Come, treasures which endure; Come, Light of all that live! The Gift of Fear The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread nothing so much as to offend Him by sin. It is a fear that arises, not from the thought of…
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day One: Friday, 6th Week of Easter
Holy Spirit! Lord of Light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure beaming radiance give! The Holy Spirit Only one thing is important — eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore, is to be feared–sin! Sin is the result of ignorance, weakness, and indifference. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of…
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La Institución de la Eucaristía: significado de la última cena (Jueves Santo)
La institución de la Eucaristía En la Última Cena, Jesús hizo algo más que compartir una comida, instituyó el Sacramento de la Eucaristía, el sacrificio de la Nueva Alianza, cumpliendo y transformando la Pascua judía. Cumplimiento de la Pascua La Última Cena tuvo lugar durante la Pascua, cuando los judíos recordaban su liberación de Egipto…
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The Institution of the Eucharist: meaning of the last supper (Holy Thursday)
The Institution of the Eucharist At the Last Supper, Jesus did more than share a meal, He instituted the Sacrament of the Eucharist, the New Covenant sacrifice, fulfilling and transforming the Jewish Passover. Fulfilment of the Passover The Last Supper occurred during Passover, when Jews remembered their deliverance from Egypt (Exodus 12). In the original…
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Las siete últimas palabras de Cristo desde la cruz: Una reflexión
La primera palabra: “Padre, perdónales, porque no saben lo que hacen” (Lucas 23:34) Significado teológico: Jesús, en su agonía, ofrece el perdón a los responsables de su crucifixión, los soldados romanos, los líderes religiosos e incluso la multitud indiferente. Así cumple su enseñanza sobre el amor y la misericordia (Mateo 5:44: «Amad a vuestros enemigos…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 