Mission, joy and peace
It’s a great reminder that success in spreading the good news isn’t measured by results or recognition, but by faithfulness. Being known and loved by God is our deepest joy. Sometimes we need reminding that we don’t have to earn God’s approval, his love is already given.
The Feast of SS Peter and Paul
This a Feast about the foundation and early spread of the Church but it is not just a commemoration and thanksgiving for that. It is also a reminder and celebration of how the Church always works – through the institutional hierarchy and though the charism of the Holy Spirit given to individuals to meet the needs of the changing world.
Feast of Corpus Christi
The feast of Corpus Christi isn’t just something we observe or learn about or hold dear, or are moved by, or pray through. It is something that we do. So, Spirit filled, what can we do with so great a gift?
Holy Trinity Sunday
God’s eternal existence (Father) is expressive (Word) and unitive (Love) and when you live out a Christian life with Christ in the Spirit, you’re living out the mystery of [the triune] God in a conscious way, folding yourself back into the eternal reality of God, and able to live the most profound life possible.
Awe-inspiring feast of Pentecost
Wisdom; Understanding; Knowledge; Counsel; Courage; Piety and Fear of the Lord, 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit: given to us when we receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Come to the Lord, Come to the Spirit
And the reading from Revelation gives the final, hopeful word. It is Christ’s own voice saying: “I am coming soon… Let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.”