A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

"He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." [Luke 3:16] According to the Spanish mystic, St. John of the Cross, the fire of Purgatory is God's Love purifying our soul in preparation ...

These two, with Sukkot, the “Feast of Booths,” were the three pilgrimage festivals of ancient Judaism. The Book of Exodus ...

20. Jesus is somehow connected to his Church, the Body of Christ; so much so that he told Paul that he was persecuting him ...

And what matters under your anointing is the Spirit of God that possesses you. “So let me tell you now, anybody who prays ‘Holy Ghost fire’ against his or her enemies, that person does not ...

And what matters under your anointing is the Spirit of God that possesses you. “So let me tell you now, anybody who prays ‘Holy Ghost fire’ against his or her enemies, that person does not ...

This is confirmation season. While some of our candidates receive this great sacrament in the fall or winter, the vast ...

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us. O Living Bread, Who from Heaven descended, have mercy on us.

I need the reminder to rest. To pause and remember that praying “Come, Holy Spirit” begins by stopping to draw breath, in order to ask God to breathe the Spirit into the church and the world.