The unfathomable depths of God – Saint Columban, abbot
Who then is God? He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God. Do not look for any further answers concerning God. Those who want to understand the unfathomable depths…
Seek the things that are above – Saint Jerome, priest
Every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot, and to take pleasure in his labor—that man has received…
There is a time to be born, and a time to die – Saint Gregory of Nyssa, bishop
We are in a sense our own parents, and we give birth to ourselves by our own free choice of what is good. Such a choice becomes possible for us…
Mary as type of the Church – Lumen Gentium
Mary, because she has entered intimately into the history of salvation, in a certain sense gathers up in her own person the great truths of the faith and awakens their…
The sending of the Holy Spirit – Saint Irenaeus, bishop
When the Lord told his disciples to go and teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,…
The Church in its unity speaks in the language of every nation – sixth century African author
The disciples spoke in the language of every nation. At Pentecost God chose this means to indicate the presence of the Holy Spirit: whoever had received the Spirit spoke in…
The Father’s gift in Christ – Saint Hilary, bishop
Our Lord commanded us to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. In baptism, then, we profess faith in the Creator,…
If I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you – Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop
After Christ had completed his mission on earth, it still remained necessary for us to become sharers in the divine nature of the Word. We had to give up our…
The mission of the Holy Spirit in the Church – Lumen Gentium
When the Son completed the work with which the Father had entrusted him on earth, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost to sanctify the Church unceasingly,…