(Pentecost, Jean II Restout, 1732)

Pentecost Sunday
Mass during the Day
Lectionary: 63
15 MAY 2016 A.D.

First Reading ACTS 2:1-11

When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled,
they were all in one place together.
And suddenly there came from the sky
a noise like a strong driving wind,
and it filled the entire house in which they were.
Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven
staying in Jerusalem.
At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd,
but they were confused
because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
They were astounded, and in amazement they asked,
“Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans?
Then how does each of us hear them in his native language?
We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites,
inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,
Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia,
Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene,
as well as travelers from Rome,
both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs,
yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues
of the mighty acts of God.”



Responsorial Psalm PS 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34

R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.

Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD, my God, you are great indeed!
How manifold are your works, O LORD!
the earth is full of your creatures;
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.

May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD be glad in his works!
Pleasing to him be my theme;
I will be glad in the LORD.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.

If you take away their breath, they perish
and return to their dust.
When you send forth your spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.



Second Reading 1 COR 12:3B-7, 12-13

Brothers and sisters:
No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;
there are different forms of service but the same Lord;
there are different workings but the same God
who produces all of them in everyone.
To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit
is given for some benefit.

As a body is one though it has many parts,
and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body,
so also Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons,
and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.

Or ROM 8:8-17

Brothers and sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh;
on the contrary, you are in the spirit,
if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
But if Christ is in you,
although the body is dead because of sin,
the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
the one who raised Christ from the dead
will give life to your mortal bodies also,
through his Spirit that dwells in you.
Consequently, brothers and sisters,
we are not debtors to the flesh,
to live according to the flesh.
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die,
but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body,
you will live.

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,
but you received a Spirit of adoption,
through whom we cry, “Abba, Father!”
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit
that we are children of God,
and if children, then heirs,
heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,
if only we suffer with him
so that we may also be glorified with him.

Sequence - Veni, Sancte Spiritus

Come, Holy Spirit, come!
And from your celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine.
You, of comforters the best;
You, the soul’s most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our labor, rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.
O most blessed Light divine,
Shine within these hearts of yours,
And our inmost being fill!
Where you are not, we have naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
On our dryness pour your dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away:
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
On the faithful, who adore
And confess you, evermore
In your sevenfold gift descend;
Give them virtue’s sure reward;
Give them your salvation, Lord;
Give them joys that never end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of your love.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.



Gospel JN 20:19-23

On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained.”



Or JN 14:15-16, 23B-26

Jesus said to his disciples:
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father,
and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always.

“Whoever loves me will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.
Those who do not love me do not keep my words;
yet the word you hear is not mine
but that of the Father who sent me.

“I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I told you.”

Bible Study--Pentecost Sunday
(courtesy of Vince Contreras, Sunday Scripture Study for Catholics)


"Those who are led by the Holy Spirit have true ideas; that is why so many ignorant people are wiser than the learned. The Holy Spirit is light and strength." -St. John Vianney

A Blessed day to you BNA and all our brothers and sisters. Restout was such an incredible painter and stayed true to his Baroque roots and Christianity when other artist moved on to the whimsical Rococo.  

Mary The Dawn - (medieval - unknown) attributed to Father Justin Mulcahy C.F.
1. Mary the dawn, Christ the Perfect Day; Mary the gate, Christ the Heavenly Way!

2. Mary the root, Christ the Mystic Vine; Mary the grape, Christ the Sacred Wine!

3. Mary the wheat, Christ the Living Bread; Mary the stem, Christ the Rose blood-red!

4. Mary the font, Christ the Cleansing Flood;
Mary the cup, Christ the Saving Blood!

5. Mary the temple, Christ the temple’s Lord;
Mary the shrine, Christ the God adored!

6. Mary the beacon, Christ the Haven’s Rest;
Mary the mirror, Christ the Vision Blest!

7. Mary the mother, Christ the mother’s Son
By all things blest while endless ages run. Amen.

Yes, and wonderful Pentecost and celebration of the Mass to all here, artman54!

and our Blessed Mother Mary, the Theotókos, the "birth mother of God," front and center at the Pentecost, which we call the "Birth of the Church."


(Pentecost, El Greco, 1596)

Mary The Dawn

Humamkind Cannot Bear Very Much Reality


(Head of Christ, Rembrandt, ca. 1655)

That's a great message my friend. Many thanks.

You're very welcome! I just wish I could have been so wise when I was a teacher!

Rembrandt's Head of Christ is coincidentally the absolute perfect piece of art to post for this article. His art technique is a mystery and one of the most difficult to duplicate. Art historians have used molecular studies to try to duplicate the paint and textures and they continue to fail. He used to admonish his patrons for standing too close to the image. The further away the more clear the beauty of his image was. The mind could not comprehend the images or texture he used up close. Visually the eye couldn't comprehend the truth of his method. Only further away did it all make sense.





There is more we must understand about Christ. But it can't all fit into that minute moment we call a life time. We can only handle the divine truth in pieces due to the sorry nature of are our minds and hearts.


The Holy Spirit is like having constant life line of growth, healing, understanding, wisdom, ACTION, not all at once but exactly in the amount  needed, and exactly at the precise time it is needed. Not always when we WANT it.
St. Josemaria Escriva said about the Holy Spirit:



There are three important things you need to do to draw people to God.
Forget yourself, and think only of the glory of your Father God. Subject
your will filially (trust) to the Will of Heaven, as Jesus Christ taught you.
Follow with docility the lights of the Holy Spirit.




Now there is a word I struggle with daily. Docility. I am not meek nor docile.


Have a blessed week all!
 

Angelfire your right about Rembrandt. He was an incredible artist and he made that "magic" formula to paint with that scientist still don't understand. I hope all of my friends have a Blessed week.

do not bother yourself with these thing. even when Jesus was on earth he's disciples had different understanding on his teaching and therefore different views.

When you learn English please cite the references in what you are stating