on closer view, the eleven Apostles are to be seen.
And check Lk. refs. 9:29, 9:32. But, further, the artist represents a gathering in the Upper Room where all are clothed in white "brilliant as lightning" (Lk 9:29), just as Christ at the Transfiguration. Taking inspiration from the Evangelist, who continues, they "saw [Jesus'] glory" (Lk 9:32), the miniaturist here offers us a vision of the glory of the Church, encapsulating at the same time both its divine origin as well as its fulfilment as the Body of Christ.
Benediction of Blessed Sacrament on Feast of Pentecost
FW: Happy and Blessed Feast of Pentecost
On Sunday, 8 June 2014,
Nivard ...> wrote:
Dearest Jo,
Many, many Thanks for Pentecostal Greetings. I will say Masses for the Sisters you named.
...wish you and all; Showers of Blessings from the Holy Spirit, the Forgotten Paraclete.
On June 13th, three of our Sisters celebrate their Diamond Jubilees:...
I was about to send you the attachment when I saw your email..
See bottom of page 122 of Bossis.
I've been pondering it the last few days not realising Pentecost was on top of me!
... wishes
Nivard.
Time for Lunch...!
ONLINE HE AND i Gabrielle
Bossis.
1941 May – 30 - I
was giving Him a sacrifice and I said: "It's a flower that I'm pinning to
your robe."
"Give Me these flowers
often.
(The Voice seemed to smile).
It's as though you added to My beauty.
You see, when you become more beautiful, I become more beautiful. Oh, My
little girl, how one we are! From the time of your morning Communion,
right to your night's sleep, let us be one. And again when you are fast
asleep - one. Forever oneness... Would you like
that? Then tell Me that you long for it. Keep it always before
the eyes of your soul. Remember how all the tapestries in the abbey at
Beaune featured a single word - alone - to express the bereavement of the inconsolable
widow. Let the tapestries of the temple of your soul be the weaving of
a single word - one - to express our undividedness. Child of God, shouldn't you imitate the union
of the three divine persons in one?
Ask the Holy Spirit for this when He descends into you tomorrow. Do you think He is
inactive on the morning of Pentecost? He makes the earth new and each one
of you, too, according to your readiness to receive. He is infinite.
Abandon yourself to Him. He is a consuming fire. Abandon yourself. He is
the Comforter. Freed from self, ask Him to comfort through you. Just sink
out of sight into your nothingness and let God work."
End of Pentecost - Paschal Candle saved for Baptismsn Obsequies ...
« We hear them speaking in their own
tongues
of the mighty acts of God » (Ac 2,11)
Spirit-filled evangelizers means evangelizers fearlessly open to
the working of the Holy Spirit. At Pentecost, the Spirit made the apostles go
forth from themselves and turned them into heralds of God’s wondrous deeds,
capable of speaking to each person in his or her own language. The Holy Spirit
also grants the courage to proclaim the newness of the Gospel with boldness
(parrhesía) in every time and place, even when it meets with opposition. Let us
call upon him today, firmly rooted in prayer, for without prayer all our
activity risks being fruitless and our message empty. Jesus wants evangelizers
who proclaim the good news not only with words, but above all by a life
transfigured by God’s presence...
Whenever we say that something is “spirited”, it usually refers
to some interior impulse which encourages, motivates, nourishes and gives
meaning to our individual and communal activity. Spirit-filled evangelization
is not the same as a set of tasks dutifully carried out despite one’s own
personal inclinations and wishes. How I long to find the right words to stir up
enthusiasm for a new chapter of evangelization full of fervour, joy,
generosity, courage, boundless love and attraction! Yet I realize that no words
of encouragement will be enough unless the fire of the Holy Spirit burns in our
hearts. A spirit-filled evangelization is one guided by the Holy Spirit, for he
is the soul of the Church called to proclaim the Gospel... I once more invoke
the Holy Spirit. I implore him to come and renew the Church, to stir and impel
her to go forth boldly to evangelize all peoples.
"As Pentecost happened here, this place is admired as the first Church in the world. Currently it is administered by the Jerusalem Archbishop of Syriac ..." -
Had been blessed to be here on 2008 April. This place has witnessed some of the most important events of early Christianity- including Jesus' last supper, Jesus' appearance to disciples after his resurrection- 2 times, Pentecost, selection of St.Mathias, the place where St.Peter went after angel released him from jail, St.Mary got baptized etc. As Pentecost happened here, this place is admired as the first Church in the world. Currently it is administered by the Jerusalem Archbishop of Syriac Orthodox Church. Still so many miracles happen in this hard- to-find monastery in the old city.
"the disciples after the Ascension of Jesus; the election of Saint Matthias as apostle; the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples on the day of Pentecost" - wikipedia.org
Photo of Last Supper Room On Mount Zion in Jerusalem
Saint Mark's Syrian Orthodox Church
The Syrian Orthodox Church of St. Mark is located in northeast corner of the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem—on Ararat Street.
This church is said to have been built on the site of the house of Mary, mother of John Mark, to which Peter went after having been released from prison by an angel (Acts 12:12). Syrian Orthodox Christians also believe that this was the site of the Upper Room of the Last Supper, the site of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, and the place where Mary, the mother of Jesus, was baptized!
It is also the church where an icon of the Virgin Mary and Child is reverently displayed. This icon is said to have been painted by Luke, the physician/evangelist, and that it is the first icon ever to have been produced.
To view a 10 minute video featuring the Archbishop and the Church Click Here.
by Jimmy AkinSaturday, May 18, 2013 6:34 PM Comments (6)
Where did the feast of Pentecost come from? What happened on it? And what does it mean for us today? Here are 8 things to know and share . . .
The original day of Pentecost saw dramatic events that are important to the life of the Church.
But where did the feast of Pentecost come from?
How can we understand what happened on it?
And what does it mean for us today?
Here are 8 things to know and share about it . . .
1. What does the name "Pentecost" mean?
It comes from the Greek word for "fiftieth" (pentecoste). The reason is that Pentecost is the fiftieth day (Greek, pentecoste hemera) after Easter Sunday (on the Christian calendar).
This name came into use in the late Old Testament period and was inherited by the authors of the New Testament.
2. What else is this feast known as?
In the Old Testament, it is referred to by several names:
The feast of weeks
The feast of harvest
The day of first-fruits
Today in Jewish circles it is known as Shavu`ot (Hebrew, "weeks").
It goes by various names in different languages.
In England (and English), it has also been known as "Whitsunday" (white Sunday). This name is presumably derived from the white baptismal garments of those recently baptized.
3. What kind of feast was Pentecost in the Old Testament?
It was a harvest festival, signifying the end of the grain harvest. Deuteronomy 16 states:
You shall count seven weeks; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
Then you shall keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the Lord your God blesses you; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God [Dt. 16:9-11a].
4. What does Pentecost represent in the New Testament?
It represents the fulfillment of Christ's promise from the end of Luke's Gospel:
“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high” [Lk. 24:46-49].
This "clothing with power" comes with the bestowal of the Holy Spirit upon the Church.
5. How is the Holy Spirit symbolized in the events of the day of Pentecost?
Acts 2 records:
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
This contains two notable symbols of the Holy Spirit and his activity: the elements of wind and fire.
Wind is a basic symbol of the Holy Spirit, as the Greek word for "Spirit" (Pneuma) also means "wind" and "breath."
Although the term used for "wind" in this passage is pnoe (a term related to pneuma), the reader is meant to understand the connection between the mighty wind and the Holy Spirit.
Concerning the symbol of fire, the Catechism notes:
While water signifies birth and the fruitfulness of life given in the Holy Spirit, fire symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit's actions.
The prayer of the prophet Elijah, who "arose like fire" and whose "word burned like a torch," brought down fire from heaven on the sacrifice on Mount Carmel.
This event was a "figure" of the fire of the Holy Spirit, who transforms what he touches. John the Baptist, who goes "before [the Lord] in the spirit and power of Elijah," proclaims Christ as the one who "will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." Jesus will say of the Spirit: "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!"
In the form of tongues "as of fire," the Holy Spirit rests on the disciples on the morning of Pentecost and fills them with himself. The spiritual tradition has retained this symbolism of fire as one of the most expressive images of the Holy Spirit's actions. "Do not quench the Spirit" [CCC 696].
6. Is there a connection between the "tongues" of fire and the speaking in other "tongues" in this passage?
Yes. In both cases, the Greek word for "tongues" is the same (glossai), and the reader is meant to understand the connection.
The word "tongue" is used to signify both an individual flame and an individual language.
The "tongues as of fire" (i.e., individual flames) are distributed to and rest on the disciples, thus empowering them to miraculously speak in "other tongues" (i.e., languages).
This is a result of the action of the Holy Spirit, signified by fire.
7. Who is the Holy Spirit?
Here is a video I made on that subject . . .
8. What does the feast of Pentecost mean to us?
As one of the most important solemnities on the Church's calendar, it has a rich depth of meaning, but here is how Pope Benedict summarized it in 2012:
This Solemnity makes us remember and relive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the other disciples gathered in prayer with the Virgin Mary in the Upper Room (cf. Acts 2:1-11). Jesus, risen and ascended into Heaven, sent his Spirit to the Church so that every Christian might participate in his own divine life and become his valid witness in the world. The Holy Spirit, breaking into history, defeats aridity, opens hearts to hope, stimulates and fosters in us an interior maturity in our relationship with God and with our neighbour.
Gabrielle’s longer day, on this Thursday, had the words from “My Heart” and begins “I am like a child”. Syllabic words, in simple phrases, and in not easy sentences take me to read over and over.
1.Suffer little children come to me.
2.The linguist Naom Chomshy on the universal grammar discovered in under five children touches in the mystery of language.
3.Dyslexics, geriatrics, those suffering communication problems open windows from the ‘YOU AND i’ pages of Gabrielle.
Gabrielle Bossis’ pages draw a magnetism in a childlike style. It is the grace through this voice. It begins to warm heart, to light thought, enliven the word.
YOU AND i – Gabrielle Bossis
1945 p214/5
November 22 1945
-Thursday
“I am like a child who has been waiting all week for this day to come. You come to me and love Me. For an hour we are all in all to one another, forgetting created things to such an extent that if an angel announced the end of the world, that the message would make no impression on your mind and you would remain at rest on My heart.
You too do Me the honour of waiting for Thursday as for a festive occasion – the celebration of My heart. Summon up all your powers to love, to hope and to believe. Tell Me how helpless you are and I’ll fill the emptiness so that as you love, you will give the impression that it is I living in you.
I love to live My life again on earth through My children. If you knew how few allow Me to do this.”
“Lord, my body and my soul are your home. May all my powers be used for Your glory.”
Then do something to atone for your self-love and self-love of others. To make amends should be joyous you know, since it heals and since it is for love. It is sin that is sad – the continual tendency to self-love that often makes you forget your God.
O try to exchange self-love for God-love. No longer thing of yourself at all. How this would lighten you! And what a new entry into Me! For I am eternally new, I am the infinite One, and it is for the Infinite that you have been created.”
