The grace of BIS is both personal and communal. It is given for one's personal renewal as well as the renewal of the Church. In Acts 2 on the Day of Pentecost the...
NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT May 31-June 8 First Day Holy Spirit, Lord of light, from your clear celestial height, your pure beaming radiance give. Come, Holy Spirit, come. Let us pray O God...
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Thought of the Day May 30, 2019 My experience of Baptism in the Spirit
By spiritaflame 9:40 AM Thought of the DayMy own experience and journey. I was baptized, confirmed and ordained. I read the Word of God and preached the Word. I knew about the persons of the Trinity and I had a...
Homily Solemnity of the Ascension
By spiritaflame 10:15 AM HomilyHomily Solemnity of the Ascension Reading 1: The author, Luke, begins by referring to his first book, which we know as the Gospel of Luke. The focus of the Gospel was all that...
Thought of the Day May 29, 2019 Release of the grace of Baptism
By spiritaflame 9:28 AM Thought of the Day"Here, then, is what I feel to be the significance of the Baptism in the Spirit. It is God’s answer to the malfunctioning that has grown up in the Christian life in the...
Most of us we were baptized as infants and we became a son or daughter of God. Most of us may have been confirmed in our faith at a young or adolescent age....
What is the meaning of Jesus's word to the Apostles in Acts 1:4-5? "While meeting with them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for 'the promise of the...
Thought of the Day May 24, 2019 Follow the lead of the Spirit
By spiritaflame 2:05 PM Thought of the DayIn one of his daily meditations, Pope Francis commented on the Holy Spirit. "A Christian life - or a person who calls himself or herself a Christian - that does not leave space...
God has many divine appointments for us. Some we keep; others we totally miss. These divine appointments are grace opportunities to fulfill God's mandate to be a witness of his love and mercy...
Homily Sixth Sunday of Easter Year C Reading 1: As the Word of God through the ministry of Paul and Barnabas spread among the Gentiles who are baptized, some of the Judaizers came...
Thought of the Day May 22, 2019 Praying in tongues part 2
By spiritaflame 9:32 AM Thought of the DayThe gift of tongues is expressed in two different ways. First, it is private prayer of the person to the Father. Praying in tongues frees one from the limitation of one's known language....
Reflection of Scripture Sixth Sunday of Easter Gospel C Keep my commandments
By spiritaflame 10:33 AM Reading ReflectionsSixth Sunday of Easter Gospel C Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our...
The gift of "praying in the Spirit" or the gift of tongues is the least of the gifts but the one that causes the most difficulty for people. There are many things we...
One of the more common exercise of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit is the gift of healing. This is probably the one most sought after by people. Healing can come from natural...
Homily: Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C Reading 1: Paul and Barnabas were signaled out by the Holy Spirit to go to the Gentile world to preach the good news of salvation in...
Thought of the Day May 17, 2019 Gift of healing of memories
By spiritaflame 10:27 AM Thought of the DayThe most exercised gift of the Spirit and the one most sought after by others is the gift of healing. I am going to divide this gift into two: gift of the healing...
Thought of the Day May 10, 2019 Difference between ministry and gift
By spiritaflame 9:58 AM Thought of the DayAs we reflect on the various gifts of the Holy Spirit that God has poured upon us, we need to make a distinction between ministering in one of the gifts and exercising that...
Homily Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C Filled with joy and the Holy Spirit
By spiritaflame 11:09 AM HomilyHomily: Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C Reading 1: “They were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.” Why? They just got themselves thrown out of town. They have experienced persecution and rejection....
Continuing our reflections on the authentic gifts of the Spirit which each of us received in Baptism and in Confirmation, we look at the gift of prophecy. What is this gift? A person...
Reflection on Scripture Fourth Sunday of Easter Gospel C My sheep hear my voice
By spiritaflame 1:12 PM Reading ReflectionsFourth Sunday of Easter Gospel C Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. · Sheep become accustom to the voice of the shepherd and respond to...
As we continue to reflect on preparing for the Feast of Pentecost, we will now look at the gift of the Holy Spirit known as Word of Wisdom. This is different from the...
Thought of the Day May 3, 2019 The Gift of Word of Knowledge
By spiritaflame 9:56 AM Thought of the DayAs we continue to reflect on the gifts of the Holy Spirit given to us in Baptism, Confirmation and in Marriage, we want to look at the gift of Word of Knowledge. Jesus,...
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Thought of the Day May 1, 2019 The grace of faith and the gift of faith
By spiritaflame 9:31 AM Thought of the DayThe Holy Spirit anoints us in many ways. There is the grace of faith to believe that we have been saved by the death and resurrection of Jesus. This is the faith that...
