He himself is harmony.If we go back to the day of Pentecost, we discover that the first task of the Church is proclamation. Everywhere the same sign on businesses appears — "closed" — and the worldwide internet has never before had so much traffic with school lessons, meetings and work sessions all online. Because our way of being believers depends on how we understand God. By loving humbly, serving freely and joyfully, we will offer to the world the true image of God. For once, the world's people have tried to unite in the common efforts of care and concern as death tolls rise amid frayed nerves and fears that have cut right into our cores, leaving us all to wonder what life is going to be like once COVID-19 ceases to dominate the face of the Earth. MASS READINGS. Check also the date of Pentecost in 2021 and in the following years. ]In sum, catastrophic events often unite people and can even bring out the best in them. Stay up to date with the latest news, information, and special offers.Copyright 2020 Catholic Online. In these three -- the narcissistic idol of the mirror, the ‘mirror-god;’ ‘I feel like a person with grievances;’ and the ‘god-negativity,’ ‘everything is black, everything is dark’ -- we find ourselves in the famine of hope and we need to appreciate the gift of life, the gift that each of us is. Father Ren Tocci celebrates Catholic Mass for Sunday, July 19, 2020 in The CatholicTV Network's Chapel of the Holy Cross. Even worse than this crisis is the tragedy of squandering it by closing in on ourselves. The nightmare of COVID-19, a global pandemic which none of us has ever experienced in any of our lifetimes, has wreaked havoc on so many lives. Discrimination, isolation, alienation and separation indicate how out of touch we are spiritually and how deep our spiritual crisis truly is, especially among the hegemonic powers of our day.The responsorial psalm contains an invitation to celebrate the power of the Spirit. Fifty days after Easter Sunday, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers, and the beginning of their Earthly ministry to make disciples of all nations.At Pentecost, the Apostles and their followers were gathered in a room. RENEW THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
International leaders try to work together; worldwide corporations in the public sector answer the clarion call for masks, ventilators and hospital beds. The narcissist thinks: “Life is good if I profit from it.” So he or she ends up saying: “Why should I give myself to others?” In this time of pandemic, how wrong narcissism is: the tendency to think only of our own needs, to be indifferent to those of others, and not to admit our own frailties and mistakes. They were all different. And that's a bad temptation that divides. Please be mindful that he was speaking to millions of Poles who had lived under atheistic communist dictatorship since World War II. The beginning of the First Letter of John is beautiful: “What we have seen and heard we proclaim now to you” (1 John 1:3). Finally, there is pessimism. We want to pray today for George Floyd, who was killed this week, and for his family. May 31, 2020. At Pentecost, the Apostles understand the unifying power of the Spirit. Sunday, May 31, 2020.
Check also the date of Pentecost in 2021 and in the following years. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we know, we are living in a moment of conflict and unrest in our city and in cities everywhere across this country. They receive the gift of the Spirit; their language is diversified; and they proclaim the powerful deeds of the divine. There are, let us say, three enemies of the gift -- the main ones, three -- always lurking at the door of our hearts: narcissism, victimhood and pessimism. 31 May, 2020, Sunday, Pentecost. Jews celebrate the gift of the law to Moses at Mt. One thing kept them going: the desire to give what they received. We might think that what unite us are our beliefs and our morality. Holy Spirit Catholic Church North Ryde 988 views 1:12:00 The Holy Spirit came upon these people and each began to speak in tongues.