Depiction of the Holy Spirit in St. Peter’s Basilica -Image Courtesy: Catholic News Agency
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of Your love.
Brothers and Sisters:
No one can say, “Jesus is Lord” except the Holy Spirit.
There are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit and there are varieties of services but the same
Lord; There are varieties of activities but it is the same God who activates all of them in
everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given
through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge
according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by
the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the
discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues (languages) to another the
interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same (Holy) Spirit, who allots
to each one individually just as the (Holy) Spirit chooses.
One Body With Many Members
For just as the body is one and has many members and all the members of the body, though
many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one (Holy) Spirit we were all baptized into
one body — Jews, Greeks, slaves or free and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
Jesus Appears to the Disciples
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week and the doors of the house where the
Disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and
said, “Peace be with you!”
After Jesus said this, He showed them His hands and His side.
Then the Disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent Me, so I send you.”
When he had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you
forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
Related: For Today’s Most Holy Scripture Readings and More, Visit: -USCCB
Tweet