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Pentecost — Come Holy Spirit – Come Now – Come as you May – Fill me with your Holy Spirit

Pentecost — Come Holy Spirit – Come Now – Come as you May – Fill me with your Holy Spirit

by Fr. Mark McCormick | May 31, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

A happy Pentecost Sunday to all of you. Well done you good and faithful servants for praying and fasting through 9-day Novena to the Holy Spirit. In today’s first reading from the Acts of the Apostles we hear “and suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong...
Day Nine — Come Holy Spirit – Come Now – Come as you May

Day Nine — Come Holy Spirit – Come Now – Come as you May

by Fr. Mark McCormick | May 30, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

Yahoo! Day 9 of the Novena to the Holy Spirit through prayer and fasting. As I think about this last day of the novena my heart is drawn to our Blessed Mother Mary, who said yes in an absolute way to be the mother of the Son of God, Jesus, one we call our Emmanuel. I...
Day Eight – Come Holy Spirit – Come Now – Come As You May

Day Eight – Come Holy Spirit – Come Now – Come As You May

by Fr. Mark McCormick | May 29, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

I am sure that you have noticed that my posts for this 9-day Novena to the Holy Spirit through prayer and fasting do not happen at the same time every day. Sometimes I post in the morning or afternoon or like last night late into the evening. My original intention was...
Day Seven — Come Holy Spirit – Come Now – Come as you May

Day Seven — Come Holy Spirit – Come Now – Come as you May

by Fr. Mark McCormick | May 29, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

In today’s Gospel readings for Mass from John 17:20-26, we hear loud and clear the call to be one: “so they may be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you… so they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one.”...
Day Six – Come Holy Spirit – Come now – Come as you May

Day Six – Come Holy Spirit – Come now – Come as you May

by Fr. Mark McCormick | May 29, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

In yesterday’s post, I use the book In the School of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Jacques Phillippe. It is a short little book, easy to read, but some profound insights in what it means to live a life in the Holy Spirit. If you have not read yet, I would encourage you to do...
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