In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy ... Spirit to stir up these gifts in one’s heart. Pray often, “Come, Holy Spirit” and ask for whatever it is needed in that moment.

Please pray for our candidates as our confirmation season unfolds and know that our prayers are with you. “Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, And kindle in them the fire of ...

That is “the gift of the Holy Spirit.” And that is the formula for conferring the sacrament of Confirmation. Now, every sacrament is capable of producing its effects because of the work of the ...

Most people understand that bars with live music often have a cover charge or a two-drink minimum. But when it comes to ...

On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.

I’m sitting at my desk looking at Procter and Frere’s A New History of the Book of Common Prayer, and thinking of our ...

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 ...

Holy Spirit Parish recently celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Mary’s Church in Mocanaqua. Eleven young people from St. Martha’s Church in Fairmount Springs and St. Adalbert’s ...

Come, Holy Spirit. The process of selecting a pope is fully a blend of the political and the spiritual, theologians and cardinals say, an effort to take all the humanness and experiences of the ...

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them, the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth.