When the Spirit of truth comes,he will teach you all truth, says the Lord, alleluia. —John 16:13
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Pentecost Novena: Day 7
I tell you the truth, it is for your own good that I go; for if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you, says the Lord, alleluia. —John 16:2
Pentecost Novena: Day 5
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it toContinue reading “Pentecost Novena: Day 5”
Pentecost Novena: Day 4
If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?” (Luke11:13)
Pentecost Novena: Day 2
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will beContinue reading “Pentecost Novena: Day 2”
Pentecost Novena: Day One
And [behold] I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” While meeting with them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for “the promise of the Father about which you have heard me speak; forContinue reading “Pentecost Novena: Day One”
Prayers for Exams
It’s exam week. G.K. Chesterton said: “You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the penContinue reading “Prayers for Exams”
Prayers of the Apocalypse
In our Wednesday Night Scripture Study of the Apocalypse/Book of Revelation (7:30 pm, check our homepage for the link), we open each session with a canticle, or song, from the Book of Revelation that is used in the Liturgy of the Hours. These are powerful hymns of praise to Jesus Christ worthy of meditation, andContinue reading “Prayers of the Apocalypse”
Making an Examination of Conscience
During this time when many of us do not have regular, if any, access to the sacrament of Confession, this would be a good time to start developing the habit of making a regular thorough Examination of Conscience, in addition to a brief Daily Examen. I might suggest doing so each Saturday night in orderContinue reading “Making an Examination of Conscience”
