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...
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...
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.”...
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...
by Fr. Mark McCormick | May 29, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog
In the introduction of the book, In the School of the Holy Spirit, Fr. Jacques Philippe quotes Sr. Faustina: “My Jesus, it is truly easy to become holy; it just takes a little goodwill! And if He finds this minimum of goodwill in the soul, he quickly gives...
