A Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Acts 8: 5-8, 14-17 1 Peter 3: 15-18 John 14: 15-21. The Holy Spirit always surprises us. That is because the Spirit is like a possum.

They see God’s love, mercy, and forgiveness – all very real – and think heaven is a lock. I thought maybe we should take a ...

A Homily for Pentecost, Year C, by Fr. Anthony SooHoo, S.J. Most of us are familiar with the traditional images of the Holy Spirit: the dove, the wind, the tongues of fire.

In his homily, Pope Francis explained how the Holy Spirit helps us to overcome sinful passions, like impurity or envy, and then gently plants the seeds of virtue and helps them to grow.

Spirit of God “the wind.’ In fact, they used the same word for both the Spirit and the wind. “Ruach” means a harsh, biting, ...

Homilies must be prepared with the help of the Holy Spirit, be shorter than 10 minutes and put the spotlight on the Lord, not oneself, Pope Francis said.

Priests "anointed" by the Holy Spirit should be authentic agents of harmony rather than "instruments of division," Pope Francis said. Celebrating the chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica April 6 ...

More churches across the U.S. are embracing the use of Artificial Intelligence in their ministries, but pastors have stopped short of using the technology to prepare their sermons, data from the ...

The Holy Spirit was at the centre of Christian life, and the Church at that time had little accommodation with official authority or responsible elders, organizational structure or formality. In the ...

Holy ghostwriter: The rise of AI sermons and the fight for the faithful’s trust The Vatican said that AI technology, a creation of humans, was God's gift by proxy, but cannot be used recklessly ...

As Re noted in his homily, the Holy Spirit is believed to lend itself to aiding their choices and guiding their conscience. Whether the electors decide to listen and obey will be their choice.