Mass During the Day
Reading I: Acts 2:1-11
Responsorial Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
Reading II: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Romans 8:8-17
Gospel: John 20:19-23 or John 14:15-16, 23b-26
Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
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John Kavanaugh, SJ
Those who have devoted their lives to the corporal works of mercy win the respect of us all. Has there ever been a time when we did not secretly desire to be like them?
John J. Pilch
The Old Testament never presents the spirit of God as a person but rather as the power by which God acts in human life.
Keep this day with joy, celebrate it in freedom of spirit, for in you is fulfilled what was foreshadowed in those days when the Holy Spirit came.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Runaways
Blessed And Missioned
Jesus’ first statement to these frightened (and no doubt guilt-ridden) runaways is, “Peace be with you.”