by Lynne Marie | Apr 26, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Only as United The function of the Holy Spirit is to be “the bond of unity” between the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity, and between human persons in the Church. The Opening Prayer at Mass is usually addressed to the Father and ends,...
by Lynne Marie | Apr 26, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Gathered into One The Mass brings about unity in the Church. And the Spirit brings about unity in the Mass. “The celebration of Mass… is the center of the whole Christian life for the Church… as well as for each of the faithful individually.” Mass is “the...
by Lynne Marie | Apr 25, 2025 | Daily Reflections
A Linguistic Link The Holy Spirit unifies the Church over time as well as space. As the language understood by the congregation passed from Hebrew to Greek to Latin, and then into the “vernacular” (language spoken by the ordinary people), the Mass...
by Lynne Marie | Apr 24, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Baptism of Desire We have “communion (koinonia, fellowship) in the Holy Spirit” with all who are baptized. But Baptism can be through water, blood, or desire (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1257-1261). In the sacrament, we are “born of...
by Lynne Marie | Apr 23, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Our Bond of Unity “The communion (koinonia) of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” To begin Mass, the presider announces that our “communion”—common union—is “communion in the Holy Spirit.” What does that mean? At Mass, we...
by Lynne Marie | Apr 22, 2025 | Daily Reflections
We pray “In the name of the Father”, Source of all being… As his family, we speak for all creation. “And of the Son,” the Redeemer… We speak as his body. In us, Jesus is continuing his redemptive work. During this Mass and during this...
