Catholics are often dumbfounded when asked “How can one be three; how can three be one”? The fact is that in the created universe, one cannot be three nor can three be one. But that the one God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit is something that belongs to a wholly different order. Here mathematics [...]
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“Pentecost” was originally a Jewish feast that celebrated the giving of the Law at Sinai fifty-days after the liberation from Egypt. It was on this particular feast that — as Luke narrates — the Holy Spirit descended upon the Church. As Jesus was anointed by the Spirit at the beginning of his ministry, so too, [...]
For Ascension Sunday this year, we are presented with a text from Mark (16:19-20) that shows not only the ascension of the Lord but also the spread of the Gospel “everywhere”. The Ascension underscores the fact that the quality of existence Jesus has now is different from the one he had before he died on [...]
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