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Mk 9:30-37 At that time, Jesus and his disciples went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he […]

Ez 37:1-14 Reading for the Monday after Pentecost The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; it was full of bones.  And he led me round among them; and behold, there were very many

1 Cor 12:3b-7:12-13 “Bretheren: no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.

If in the previous meditations we have come to know and love the Holy Spirit as the Friend and Keeper of our souls, today we want to contemplate Him as the Bridegroom of our souls. All expressions of love in the human sphere have their starting point in God Himself. So we can make this

Once we have opened the doors for the Holy Spirit to unfold His gifts in us, we will come to know Him as the “Keeper of our souls”. We could also call Him the “keeper of the treasure”, because our soul is indeed the great treasure that our Father has entrusted to us, that the

It is a joy for the three persons of the Holy Trinity to be with us, to dwell in us and to enlighten us with their divine light. This is also true of the Holy Spirit, who gives us His seven gifts to guide us on the path of holiness. If we follow His guidance,

If the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles at Pentecost marks the hour of the birth of the Church, then His descent upon Mary in Nazareth marks the beginning of the work of salvation (cf. Lk 1:35). The Church teaches us that Mary was preserved from original sin in view of the Saviour

On the faithful, who adore And confess you, evermore In your sevenfold gift descend; Give them virtue’s sure reward; Give them your salvation, Lord; Give them joys that never end. The faithful, the people of God… Who belongs to them? From the point of view of vocation, all human beings belong to the people of

O most blessed Light divine, May that light within us shine And our inmost being fill! Where you are not, we have naught, Nothing good in deed or thought, Nothing free from taint and ill. The Spirit of God penetrates deeply into our souls, that is, he wants to reach the very centre of our

You, of comforters the best;You, the soul’s most welcome guest;Sweet refreshment here below; In our labor, rest most sweet;Grateful coolness in the heat;Solace in the midst of woe. The Holy Spirit is the Comforter whom the Lord has given us. The Apostle Paul tells us: “He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we