Holy Ghost PNCC

As we close out the Christmas Season with the Solemnity of the Presentation, Candlemas, we share our memories from the day we decorated the church.

We are so used to the Beatitudes that we cannot comprehend how amazing they must have seemed to their first listeners. It is not that they would have been completely unaware of the teaching behind what Jesus was saying. If we were to examine them carefully, we would find that each one of the eight [...]

St. Matthew tells us that by setting in Capernaum, “a lakeside town on the borders of Zebulun and Nephtali”, Jesus fulfilled the words of the prophet Isaiah. Without saying or doing anything particularly spectacular, Jesus fulfilles a prophecy in the scriptures by staying in a certain place. For St. Matthew, Jesus is the new king. [...]

All the readings in our liturgy today make the claim that Jesus’ message is for the whole world. It is universal. He fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah in the first reading, which says that God’s servant will bring a message of salvation that must reach to the ends of the earth. St. Paul insists in [...]

At His baptism, as the water trickled down His face, Jesus experienced two mysterious signs that were to change His life. They were the divine call to begin His life’s mission as Savior of the world. He would be equipped for this task with the power of the Holy Spirit. There was also the voice [...]

The celebration has been held on different dates, usually in January, because January 1, eighth days after Christmas, commemorates the circumcision of the Child Jesus, at the end of eight days, when He was circumcised, He was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was concived in the womb. The famous preacher [...]