As Christians, our prayers are directed to the Father in the Son. We need to understand the power of the Son’s name and frequently invoke it. Our prayer, however, does not end with the Father and the ...

While many Christians are accustomed to praying to the Father and to the Son, they are not as familiar or comfortable with praying to the Holy Spirit. The Spirit can seem very elusive, but he doesn’t ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased within a soul: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Fresco of Pentecost in Church of ...

We talk about how we never want to be lukewarm “In Christ.” We know that disgusts Jesus. In Revelation, it says He will spew us out of His mouth. It makes me think He wants to vomit. You see when we ...

Say “Holy Spirit,” and most imagine a dove or tongues of fire gently descending. But the Celts envisioned something wilder: a goose in flight—honking across the sky, untamed and impossible to ignore.

The Holy Spirit has no face, but he does have a gaze. We can warm to, and benefit from, images of Christ. But remember, these are all creations of the imagination, whether they come from Michelangelo ...

For many Christian believers, the Holy Spirit can feel like the most mysterious member of the Trinity — unseen but working on our behalf to provide wisdom and guidance, and even positive intervention.

In his homily, the bishop said confirmation is not merely a Church ritual but a lifelong commitment to live and act under the ...

Traditional language about Christian spiritual formation has long been shaped by the impulse to imitate Jesus, a call we hear ringing in Paul’s exhortation to “be imitators of me, as I am of Christ” ...