Our short reading today is read at the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. This is also the reading for the Ascension of Our Lord ...

Hundreds of worshippers filled the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi Dec. 12, 2018, for the official launch. Metuchen Bishop James Checchio presided at the evening Mass marking the start of the ...

Sunday, May 31, is Pentecost Sunday. Mass readings: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23. When I was in the third or fourth grade, our teacher invited a ...

Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he breathed on them and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not ...

The crucial first step of ministry begins with the Holy Spirit. Twelve years ago, I was an energetic campus minister leading outreach to college students at Fresno State. I longed to see their lives ...

The earliest Christians believed that Christ, although no longer present in the flesh, remained among them. Many words described this presence, but one of the most common was Spirit. New Testament ...

DAVENPORT -- Even death threats are no match for the power of the Holy Spirit. Parishioners and visitors to weekend Pentecost services at Grace Lutheran Church, 1140 E. High St., will learn more about ...

Throughout the Easter season, we have heard readings that highlight the role of the Holy Spirit in comforting, sustaining, inspiring and empowering believers in Christ. On Pentecost, as the Holy ...

COMMENTARY: The Holy Spirit’s role in our lives, whether we are at the Synod on Synodality, at home or at work, is to remind us of our mission, which is to conform ourselves to Christ. Pope Francis ...

We talk about how we never want to be lukewarm “In Christ.” We know that disgusts Jesus. In Revelation, it says He will spew us out of His mouth. It makes me think He wants to vomit. You see when we ...