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The Trinity is the most powerful entity in the universe. It is capable of doing anything and can fulfill any prayer request. The life-giving Holy Spirit is the outpouring of love between the Father ...

With the help of the Holy Spirit, believers are able to revive the memory of Jesus as a living and current presence ...

It is an expression of the desire of the faithful to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit Most often prayed between Ascension and Pentecost, it can be prayed at any time of the year. The prayer ...

The word Pentecost comes from the Greek pentēkostē, meaning "fiftieth." It commemorates the moment when Christ, having risen and ascended, fulfilled his promise by sending the Holy Spirit upon the ...

Like Samuel, we too require experience and sometimes mentoring to develop our abilities to receive the Holy Ghost. While the Holy Ghost can sometimes communicate in strong, unmistakable language ...

In order to be properly disposed to receive communion ... We pray that our common baptism and the action of the Holy Spirit in this Eucharist will draw us closer to one another and begin to ...

The worthy reception of holy Communion is the fullest way to fulfill the divine call to consciously and actively participate in the Mass. It’s certainly not the only way. We are still obligated to ...

And this coming Sunday we mark the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit of God descended upon those very same disciples. The period of 10 days in-between is called Ascensiontide. The whole thing ...