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Lebanon in Crisis - Choufeit's Bloody Pentecost
2008-05-17 02:32:00 by Franklin Lamb In the lower Chouf village of Choufeit with its panoramic view of Beirut's closed airport (which will likely stay closed for 4 or 5 more days as a Hezbollah pressure point on the Bush administration to achieve a settlement that it views as fair and just), Dahiyeh, Sabra, Shatila and Burj Barajneh Palestinian Refugee Camps; Pentecost Sunday started in a somber mood for the few remaining Christians and dominant Druze population of this picturesque, rugged, hilly and ancient village. The reason was that virtually the whole village was in attendance at a 9 a.m. memorial service for two supporters of the Druze Lebanese Democratic Party, 18 year old ____ and 22 year old _____ (names withheld at the request of family pending notification of family members living outside Lebanon) who were probably shot as they drove too fast through a newly setup check-point on May 10th. (The exact circumstances and who exactly was responsible are not clear given the myriad...
Pentecost Day
2008-05-12 09:17:00 St Anthony Church of Padua: Christ The Revelation and Sacrament of God By his preaching, and by his death and Resurrection, Jesus is both the revealer and the revelation of God. Who the Father is, is shown in his Son, Jesus. As the revelation of God, Jesus is both God’s approach to humankind and ...
Pentecost Reflections
2008-05-12 07:36:00 A reflection by Fr. Tom Rosica, csb, on the Feast of Pentecost.
By: Catholic Tube
Pentecost, Reconciliation, Popery & Tertullian
2008-05-12 03:46:00 The year is 219 AD, Zephyrinus' right hand, the archdeacon Callistus had just been elected pope which led to the great Roman priest and theologian Hippolytus electing himself as anti-pope. Tertullian had already been a part of the Montanist heresy for more than a decade and had officially split from the Church some 8 years ago (Harnack) or possibly 7. The controversy was two fold. First, Hippolytus accused Callistus of following in Zephyrinus' indecisive ways concerning Monarchianism, especially Modalism. There's lots of names for various beliefs here so to keep it simple, I'll just summarize that in various forms they overstressed the unity of the Father and Son to the point where they taught it was permissible to say that the Father had suffered on the Cross. Zephyrinus refrained from pronouncing on this as their errors weren't entirely clear yet. (This is long before Nicaea had laid out the Trinity). In fact, Tertullian became the first Christian to use the word Trin...
The Day of Pentecost
2008-05-11 16:10:00 Come Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in us the fire of Your Love. Amen.
By: Here I Stand
Pentecost Prayer - #2
2008-05-11 15:00:00 Spirit of Christ, stir me;Spirit of Christ, move me;Spirit of Christ, fill me;Spirit of Christ, seal me.Consecrate in me Your Heart and Will, O Heavenly Father.Create in me a fountain of virtues.Seal my soul as Your own, that Your reflection in me may be a light for all to see.Amen.
By: Catholic Prayers
Pentecost
2008-05-11 07:00:00 PentecostWhitsunWhitsundayWhit- SundayPentecost (Ancient Greek: ?????????? [?????], pentekost? [h?mera], "the fiftieth day") is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year, celebrated the 49th day (7 weeks) after Easter Sunday (the tenth day after Ascension Thursday). It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Book of Acts, Chapter 2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-PentecostLa PentecôteLes Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, c. 15La PentecôteHeures d'Étienne ChevalierLa PentescosteGiotto di Bondone, ca. 1305Italy (Italia)La PentescosteGiotto di BondoneItaly (Italia)PfingstdarstellungIngeb-org Psalter, ca. 1200PentecostRabbula GospelsPentecostLourdes, France
By: Mind of guanaco
Collect for Pentecost
2008-05-11 06:30:00 Father of light, from whom every good gift comes,send Your Spirit into our lives with the power of a mighty wind,and by the flame of Your wisdom open the horizons of our minds.Loosen our tongues to sing Your praise in words beyond the power of speech,for without Your Spirit man could never raise his voice in words of peaceor announce the truth that Jesus is Lord,who lives with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
By: Catholic Prayers
Pentecost: The Spirit and the Eucharist
2008-05-09 22:33:00 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1696 - 1770Saint Paschal Baylon's vision of the Eucharist 1767Oil on canvasHeight: 63.6 cm; Width: 38.7 cmCourtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London Saint Paschal Baylon (or Pascal Baylon) (24 May 1540?17 May 1592) was a Spanish friar. His feast day is 17th May.He was born in Aragon, on 24 May 1540, on the Feast of Pentecost. He was called after the Spanish phrase for the Feast of Pentecost.He spent his youth as a shepherdHe joined the Reformed Franciscan Order (Alcantarine Reform) as a lay brother. He chose to live in poor monasteriesA mystic and contemplative, he had frequent ecstatic visions.Pope Leo XIII proclaimed Saint Paschal Baylon, the "seraph of the Eucharist", Patron of eucharistic congresses and all contemporary and future eucharistic associations.Pope Benedict XVI explained the link between the Spirit and the Eucharist thus:"12. The Paraclete, Christ's first gift to those who believe, already at work in Creation (cf. Gen 1:2), is fully presen...
Pentecost 3
2008-05-05 00:49:00 Jacques Blanchard 1600-1638La descente du Saint Esprit/ The descent of the Holy Spirit [May 1634]Oil on canvasChapelle des Fonds Baptismaux,La cathédrale Notre-Dame, Paris "We celebrate the great feast of Pentecost, in which the liturgy has us relive the birth of the Church, according to what St Luke narrates in the book of the Acts of the Apostles (2: 1-13).Fifty days after Easter, the Holy Spirit descended on the community of disciples - "with one accord devoted themselves to prayer" - gathered with "Mary, the mother of Jesus" and with the Twelve Apostles (cf. Acts 1: 14; 2: 1).We can therefore say that the Church had its solemn beginning with the descent of the Holy Spirit.In this extraordinary event we find the essential and qualifying characteristics of the Church: the Church is one, like the community at Pentecost, who were united in prayer and "concordant": "were of one heart and soul" (Acts 4: 32). " BENEDICT XVI: Saint Peter's Square, Pentecost Sunday, 27 May 2007...
Pentecost 2
2008-05-04 11:32:00 L' église Saint-JacquesGrenobleAnne Tiessé b.1940Le PentecôteFrescoL' église Saint-JacquesGrenoble The Church of Saint-Jacques was renovated. The artist Anne Tiessé was the artist commissioned for the renovation. She lives in Grenoble.The Church`s website is here.The artist`s website is here.
Pentecost
2008-03-28 21:49:00 Estella Canziani (1887-1964)Pentecost c. 1905-1936Watercolour50.50cm wide 33.50cm high (19.88 inches wide 13.19 inches high)Private Collection
1/26/08 - Life Journal - Pray for a Modern Pentecost!
2008-01-26 18:16:00 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.Acts 2:41What an awesome day that must have been. 3,000 people giving themselves to Christ! People were definitely on fire! The apostles didn't do any tricks or have any new plans they came up with, they just let the Spirit work through them, spoke the Word of God, told the people the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the crowd just knew......They knew the truth being told on that day and responded!I can't explain the feeling I get seeing one person baptized in His name, forget about 3,000! We can get this fire back. The Spirit is still with us. We have His story. We have His creation all around us testifying for us. Getting bogged down in the infighting over doctrine could be just what ole Lucifer is trying to accomplish to steer us off our path. Let the Spirit lead, put our lives forward as an example and let His word do it's thing!Lord, if I lose sight of the goal, get me out of...
Is Pentecost Over?
2007-06-01 00:00:00 Who says so? Why is that which was instituted as a “firstfruits” over before the Harvest is in sight? What indication was ever given that it would end- what prophetic word of the Old... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: TrueGrit
An icon for Pentecost
2007-05-27 12:25:00 My friend Ann Chapin, who often contributes to our discussions here at F&T, kindly sent me some photos of her huge and wonderfully vivid icons. Here is her Pentecost tryptych, entitled ?The Descent of the Holy Spirit? (each of the three murals is about ten feet tall):
Pentecost: "The Birthday of the Church"
2007-05-27 11:25:00 As you get older, birthdays get more difficult. Especially the ones ending in "0". The so called "Big Os": 40; 50, etc.It can be a time for reflection. And Catholic blogs are no exception on this Pentecost - often referred to as "The Birthday of the Church".Don Marco of Vultus Christi presents a series of reflections on Pentecost"Christ?s glorious triumph over sin in our lives is something that must be worked out day by day and hour by hour; this is our personal participation in ?the combat stupendous? of the Prince of Life (Easter Sequence, Victimae Paschali Laudes). Paschal joy is not incompatible with spiritual combat; it is the fruit of it. And for those who are stricken in battle and fall into sin, there is the gift of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter who is everywhere present and fills all things. The Holy Spirit is sent for the forgiveness of sins. The Holy Spirit descends to heal our wounds, to renew our strength, and to lift us when we fall."Zadok the Roman gives us an extrac...
Over-Mediated, Part IV - Babel and Pentecost
2007-05-27 05:21:00 (This sermon was preached at Honea Path Presbyterian Church on Pentecost Sunday - May 27, 2007)Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.’ And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.’ The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. And the Lord said, ‘Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.’ So...
The Pentecost 7
2007-05-26 09:00:00 Anonymous artist(s) of the Meuse ValleyPlaque Showing the Pentecost, ca. 1150?1175Champlevé enamel on copper gilt; 4 1/16 x 4 1/16 in. (10.3 x 10.3 cm)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Pentecost 6
2007-05-26 08:57:00 Emil Nolde (1867 - 1956 )"Pentecost (Pfingsten)", 1909,Oil on canvas, 87 x 107 cm,Nationalgalerie SPMK, Berlin
The Pentecost 5
2007-05-26 08:46:00 Jean Fouquet (c. 1420 - 1478/1481)PentecostHeures d'Étienne ChevalierMusée Condé, Chantilly
The Pentecost 4
2007-05-26 08:32:00 DUCCIO di Buoninsegna(b. ca. 1255, Siena, d. 1319, Siena)Pentecost1308-11Tempera on wood, 37,5 x 42,5 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
The Pentecost 3
2007-05-26 08:28:00 GIOTTO di Bondone(b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze)Pentecost1304-06Fresco,- 200 x 185 cmCappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua
The Pentecost 2
2007-05-25 16:27:00 RESTOUT, Jean II (b. 1692, Rouen, d. 1768, Paris)The Pentecost 1732Oil on canvas, 465 x 778 cmMusée du Louvre, Paris
The Pentecost 1
2007-05-25 16:25:00 GRECO, El (b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)The Pentecost 1596-1600Oil on canvas, 275 x 127 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid
News & Current Events :: What Makes a True Pentecostal Church?
2007-03-08 20:08:00 Author: Eric Subject: What Makes a True Pentecostal Church? Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:08 pm (GMT -5) What Makes a True Pentecostal Church? By Lillian Kwon The nation's largest Pentecostal group drew some 1,400 people to a prayer summit that centered on a divine power that many of America's churches are leaving out, according to one preacher. "I'm afraid that in a number of our (Christian) churches around America, we're preaching an oxymoron of an Old Testament Christianity," Jim Cymbala, senior pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York, told summit attendants in Springfield, Mo. "We're preaching Jesus and we're preaching laws, but we're missing the dynamic element of the one who is able to make you ... what God wants you to be." Cymbala spoke of the power of the Holy Spirit. The Pentecostal preacher of the Brooklyn megachurch opened the Assemblies of God Prayer Summit Monday night telling fellow believers that they are hopeless without the...
The New Testament :: Sermon: Acts 2:41-42 - Pentecost
2007-02-10 09:15:02 Author: Eric Subject: Sermon: Acts 2:41-42 - Pentecost Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:47 pm (GMT -5) Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. INTRODUCTION Pentecost is a term meaning fiftieth, which was applied to the fiftieth day after the Passover. It was the culmination of the "feast of weeks", - Exodus 24:22; Deuteronomy 16:10 - which began on the third day after the Passover with the presentation of the first harvest sheaves to God, and which concluded with the offering of two loaves of unleavened bread, representing the first products of the harvest. - Lev 23:17-20; Deuteronomy 16:9-10 When Jesus ascended into heaven He instructed his disciples to remain in Jerusalem until they should receive power from on high. As a group of 120 were praying in an upper room in Jerusalem... |
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