Necrology for June
BISHOPS AND PRIESTS WHO SERVED IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTETOWN
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BISHOPS AND PRIESTS WHO SERVED IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTETOWN
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The Napa Institute will present its 10th annual Summer Conference this July in Napa, California. This year’s theme is “Answering Your Call in the New Evangelization,” and the conference will be held at The Meritage […]
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This Monday marks the beginning of the month of June. This month has traditionally been dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Please continue to embrace and spread this devotion in your communities and families. I include the twelve promises made to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque by Jesus for those dedicated to His Sacred Heart. I will give them all […]
The Feast of Pentecost, 50 days after Easter has finally arrived. Did you attend or watch Mass for Pentecost?
Was there a good point in the sermon? For my part…
It is in a way providential that the Feast of Pentecost arrives this year just as our country is going through a convulsive social crisis. For the Holy Spirit, whose coming we celebrate on Pentecost, is a power meant to transform the world, or in the language of Psalm 104, “to renew the face of the earth.” Pentecost, accordingly, is never simply for the Church; it is for the world by means of the Church.
One of the principal biblical metaphors for the Spirit is the wind, and indeed, on Pentecost morning, the Apostles heard what sounded like a strong driving wind as the Spirit arrived. But the wind, elusive and unpredictable, is never really known in itself, but only through its effects. On the scriptural reading, the first effect of the Holy Spirit is the formation of an ekklesia (a church), which in turn is designed to transform the wider society into the Spirit’s image. In the words of the Nicene Creed—accepted by Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant Christians—this ekklesia is “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.” The wind of the Holy Spirit produces these qualities, and therefore, it is by them that the Spirit’s action is discerned. So let us analyze them one by one.
The Acts of the Apostles gives us the great icon for the unity of the Church in the picture of the Apostles gathered in prayer in one place with the Virgin Mary on Pentecost morning. The Holy Spirit is nothing other than the love that connects the Father and the Son, which explains why one of his great titles in the tradition is vinculum amoris (chain of love). Thus the Spirit draws all of the followers of Jesus together in unity. This is not an oppressive or imperialistic oneness, for indeed there is a marvelous variety of personalities, theological schools, and pastoral emphases in the Christian community. But in essentials, the community of Jesus is meant to be united, and in that unity to find its power to unify the world. Origen of Alexandria said “ubi divisio ibi peccatum” (where there is division, there is sin). Consequently, the Church’s missionary task is to overcome division, wherever it might be found. The night before he died, Jesus prayed “that they might be one, as you, Father, and I are one” (John 17:22). In this prayer, he intended not just the Church to become one, but the world by means of the Church.
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The music of composer and conductor Paul Jernberg was featured today on EWTN, in a Mass for Pentecost Sunday:
The Mass was recorded in 2019 at the beautiful Church of St. John the Guardian of Mary, in Clinton, Massachusetts.
UPDATE: An interview with Paul Jernberg appeared at New Liturgical Movement a few days ago.
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