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Pentecost (Whitsunday), with Christmas and Easter, ranks among the greatest feasts of Christianity. It commemorates not only the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, Mary and Disciples, but also the fruits and effects of that event: the completion of the work of redemption, the fullness of grace for the Church and its children, and the gift of faith for all nations. Pentecost Sunday: O God, who by the mystery of today's great feast sanctify your whole Church in every people and nation, pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit across the face of the earth and, with the divine grace that was at work when the Gospel was first proclaimed, fill now once more the hearts of believers. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Source: Catholic Culture #CarissimaeDei #Pentecost #PentecostSunday #Catholic #Catholiccreative https://www.instagram.com/p/CeZxaffATMv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy. ” — St. Teresa of Calcutta The Month of June (Overview - Calendar) is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. The Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost. In addition to the liturgical celebration, many devotional exercises are connected with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Of all devotions, devotion to the Sacred Heart was, and remains, one of the most widespread and popular in the Church. Source: Catholic Culture #CarissimaeDei #June #SacredHeart #Catholiccreative https://www.instagram.com/p/CeOWWWbvSPQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

In his new Message for World Communications Day 2022 Pope Francis asks the world of communication to learn to listen again. The pandemic has affected and wounded everyone, and everyone needs to be heard and comforted. Listening is also fundamental for good information. The search for truth begins with listening. And so does witnessing through the means of social communication. Every dialogue, every relationship begins with listening. For this reason, in order to grow, even professionally, as communicators, we need to relearn to listen a lot. Jesus himself asks us to pay attention to how we listen (cf. Lk 8:18). To be able to truly listen requires courage, and a free and open heart, without prejudice. At this time when the whole Church is invited to listen in order to learn to be a synodal Church, we are all invited to rediscover listening as essential for good communication. Happy 56th World Communications Day Together, let us continue to evangelize and listen to others! #CarissimaeDei #56thWorldCommunicationsDay #WorldCommunicationsDay #catholiccreative #SOCCOM https://www.instagram.com/p/CeH4S7TvyKe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Prayer for Serenity God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen. Reinhold Niebuhr #CarissimaeDei #Serenity #Catholiccreative https://www.instagram.com/p/CddXmHOBHde/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Simple Ways to Celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday 1. Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy 2. Meditate on the Divine Mercy Image Make the Divine Mercy image a centerpiece on your dining table or home altar "I promise that the soul that will venerate this image (of Divine Mercy) will not perish. I also promise victory over (its) enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I Myself will defend it as My own glory.” (Diary, 48) 3. Go to Confession Jesus Himself awaits you with a Heart full of love and mercy. 4. Communion Recognize the Eucharistic Jesus and receive His gifts. 5. Show someone mercy in your life Spend 5 mins reflecting on something you are holding a bitterness towards in your heart. Have you hurt someone lately? Has someone hurt YOU lately? Think of ways you can show them mercy today. Reach out to say you’re sorry. Sometimes wounds are very deep and cannot be resolved simply. Maybe say a prayer for them and for yourself to be on the path towards forgiveness, reconciliation, and healing. My daughter, look into My Merciful Heart and reflect its compassion in your own heart, and in your deeds, so that you who proclaim My mercy to the world may yourself be aflame with it. (1688) 6. Reflect on the promises made by God to St. Faustina #Carissimaedei #DivineMercy #DivineMercySunday #StFaustina #Catholiccreative Sources: 1. Be a Heart — 8 Simple ways to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday [April 09,2021] 2. The Divine Mercy https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccr3ofgs22k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐄𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓 Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. . . . Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. (Jn 6:53-57) In the celebration of the Eucharist, bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit and the instrumentality of the priest. The whole Christ is truly present -- body, blood, soul, and divinity -- under the appearances of bread and wine, the glorified Christ who rose from the dead. This is what the Church means when she speaks of the "Real Presence" of Christ in the Eucharist. Where is the Eucharist mentioned in the Bible? The Lord Jesus, on the night before he suffered on the cross, shared one last meal with his disciples. During this meal our Savior instituted the sacrament of his Body and Blood. He did this in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the Cross throughout the ages and to entrust to the Church a memorial of his death and resurrection. The Institution of the Eucharist is written down in the four Gospels below: Matthew 26:26-30 Mark 14:22-26 Luke 22:14-20 John 6:22-59 (The Bread of Life Discourse) Why does Jesus give himself to us as food and drink? Jesus gives himself to us in the Eucharist as spiritual nourishment because he loves us. By eating the Body and drinking the Blood of Christ in the Eucharist, we become united to the person of Christ through his humanity. "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him" (Jn 6:56). In being united to the humanity of Christ, we are at the same time united to his divinity. Our mortal and corruptible natures are transformed by being joined to the source of life. Source: The Eucharist — USCCB #CarissimaeDei #April #BlessedSacrament #Eucharist #Catholiccreative https://www.instagram.com/p/CbzBOTcONZ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=