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By the time December rolls around each year, it feels like the past 12 months have seen it all. In particular for 2024, they saw tens of thousands of people kneeling in Lucas Oil Stadium; the doors of Notre Dame Cathedral reopened; a history-making election; another Roman synod; and, always, too much war and strife.
The fruits of the Holy Spirit - TheCatholicSpirit.com
Oct 15, 2020 · In the reception of the sacrament of confirmation, the person receives the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, wisdom and understanding, counsel and strength (fortitude), knowledge and fear of the Lord (Is 11:2), and piety. These gifts are not to sit idle or be kept in storage. Rather, they are to be put to good use so they will bear much fruit.
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May 13, 2016 · The Fruits of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is one of the three persons of the Triune God, the Most Holy Trinity, and St. Paul in his letter to the Galatians provides a list of nine fruits of the Spirit: “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, [and] self-control” (Gal 5:22,23).
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Sep 16, 2020 · Fortitude is an unwavering commitment to God or a proper course of action, and it shows itself as moral strength, courage, determination, patient endurance, long suffering, a resolute spirit, stamina and resiliency.. Knowledge is the ability to study and learn; to acquire, retain and master facts and information; and to put what is …
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Apr 11, 2024 · In “Gaudium et spes,” the Vatican II document on “The Church in the Modern World,” the council states, “spouses … are fortified and, as it were, consecrated for the duties and dignity of their state by a special sacrament; fulfilling their conjugal and family role by virtue of this sacrament, spouses are penetrated with the spirit of Christ …
Archbishop Hebda: The Holy Spirit is at center of archdiocese’s …
May 20, 2024 · Comparing his excitement to that of a child on Christmas Eve, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he waits each year at Pentecost “to see what it is that the Holy Spirit is going to do in our local Church when we open our hearts to the gifts of the Spirit.”
Cupich: Standing, not kneeling, for Communion a ‘powerful …
6 days ago · Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, right, celebrates Mass at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago June 30, 2024. Cardinal Cupich is calling for faithful to receive holy Communion standing — the normative posture established by the U.S. Catholic bishops — as part of a renewed awareness of the theology of the Communion procession, which symbolizes the unity of the body of Christ as it partakes of ...
Pope urges Christians to joyfully cultivate fruits of the Spirit
Dec 2, 2024 · Pope Francis greets visitors as he rides the popemobile around St. Peter’s Square before his weekly general audience at the Vatican Nov. 27, 2024. CNS photo/Lola Gomez Not every Christian is called to be an apostle, prophet or evangelist, Pope Francis said, but all Christians can cultivate the ...
Traditions echo through the most holy times
5 days ago · Nativity with candles Christmas and Easter traditionally are the holiest times of the year. Or at least they should be in family life. And it’s a safe bet to say that with authentic Christian families, they are treated as the most sacred of celebratory …
Bringing Communion to the world - TheCatholicSpirit.com
Oct 1, 2024 · One of my main ministries at my parish is serving Communion. This ministry includes serving Communion at Mass, but it also extends to people in our parish community who are unable to join us because of age, infirmity or other obstacles. In these cases, I bring Communion to them.