Solemnity of Pentecost

June 9, 2019
Ordination Liturgy
Saturday, June 9, 2019 at 10:30
Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville

Bishop Edward K. Braxton will ordain St. Clare parishioners Joel Seipp and Nick Fleming to the Order of Diaconate. This is the last step on their journey to the priesthood. Please join the Fleming and Seipp families for this joyous occasion! Stephen Eros and the parish choir and instrumentalists will serve as ministers of music for the liturgy.

Readings

First Reading
Acts 2:1-11

Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34

Second Reading
1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13

Gospel
John 20:19-23
Singing Our Faith
We sing an “extra hymn” after the second reading at a few liturgies every year. This hymn is called a “Sequence.” Did you know that Sequences were once a normal part of Mass almost every Sunday of the year? read more...
Universal Prayer
We pray for the Spirit to guide the world with God’s justice: that those who are poor, who have experienced
abuse, or who are refugees may know freedom, relief from oppression, and their dignity as daughters and sons of God. read more...
A Mighty Wind: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Sunday Readings – The giving of the Spirit to the new people of God crowns the mighty acts of the Father in salvation history. Like a river of living water, for all ages He will pour out His Spirit on His body, the Church, as we hear in today’s Epistle.


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