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We need the Holy Spirit in our lives to guide, to heal, to comfort, and to counsel us. May we be liberated from our fears, ignorance, pride, and hunger for worldly riches and power. We all need ...

The Rev Skip Heitzig, senior pastor of Calvary Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, delivered a passionate call for ...

“Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth thy spirit and they shall be created, and you will renew the face of the earth.” ...

Most people understand that bars with live music often have a cover charge or a two-drink minimum. But when it comes to singing hymns, it seems that most Catholic parishes seem to have a two-verse max ...

The Lord Jesus said to the apostles, “I have come to cast a fire on the earth” (Luke 12:49). ... “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak.” Moments ago, ...

Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s ...

Hashem tells Moshe: Gather 70 elders to the Mishkan and “have them stand there with you.” After that, “I will come down…and keep back some of the [prophetic] spirit that comes over you and I will ...

John Piper recently urged Christians, especially teens, not to ask how close they can get to sin like mild drunkenness but ...

On June 15, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, men and women scuttled through the cramped kitchen of the St. Anthony ...