Sunday, May 23, 2021

Sunday, May 23, 2021

Sunday, May 23, 2021: (Pentecost Sunday)

The Holy Spirit said: “I am the Holy Spirit of God and I come to bring you My gifts to help all of you to be evangelists of the Word of God. My gifts are: wisdom, knowledge, understanding, piety, fortitude, counsel, and fear of the Lord. You learned and memorized My gifts from your old Baltimore catechism. These gifts are needed to bring the new faithful into the Church. I also bring you My twelve fruits from the seven gifts: charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity (kindness), goodness, longanimity (long suffering), mildness (gentleness), faith, modesty, continency (self-control), and chastity. Just as the apostles received a gift of speaking other languages as the gift of tongues, so I give this gift to those who desire it. I also give the gift of interpreting the gift of tongues. This gave courage to the apostles to go out and spread the Good News of Jesus. You receive My gifts and fruits at your Baptism and your Confirmation. Remember that I am the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity with God the Father and God the Son. You receive all Three Persons in One God, every time you receive Us in Holy Communion. So follow what Jesus told His apostles, to go out and preach the Good News of Salvation to everyone.”