Tag: God
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day Eight: Friday, 7th Week of Easter
Bend the stubborn heart and will, melt the frozen warm the chill. Guide the steps that go astray! The Gift of Wisdom Embodying all the other gifts, as charity embraces all the other virtues, Wisdom is the most perfect of the gifts. Of wisdom it is written ‘all good things came to me with her,…
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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 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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The Seven Last Words of Christ from the Cross: A Reflection
The First Word: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) Theological Meaning: Jesus, in His agony, offers forgiveness to those responsible for His crucifixion, Roman soldiers, religious leaders, and even the indifferent crowd. This fulfills His teaching on love and mercy (Matthew 5:44: “Love your enemies, and pray for those…
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The Second Temptation According to Luke – First Sunday of Lent
Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10, Psalm 90, Romans 10:8-13, Luke 4:1-13 “Then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant. The devil said to him, “I shall give to you all this power and glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it…
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Homily for the Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
17.11.2024 – Villanueva del Arzobispo – Iznatoraf (Jaén) When will the world come to an end? Daniel 12:1-13, Psalm 16, Hebrews 10:11-14, 18, Mark 13:24-32 As we come to the end of the liturgical year, we are confronted with one of the most important questions and preoccupations of what has become known as the apocalyptic…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 