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Dear Parishioners,
It is important that we learn what our faith is. We need to know what we believe. We need to know how we are to live the faith. But dogma, the articles of faith, and morality, the way we live the faith, are insufficient in themselves for leading us to God. We need the very power of God to draw us closer to Him. We need the Holy Spirit.
The disciples kept the door to the Upper Room barred, those eleven remaining disciples of the Lord. They did this even after they experienced resurrection. The disciples knew that Jesus was the Son of God. They witnessed resurrection. They knew how they were to conduct themselves. But they still kept the door barred. They were afraid of those who killed Jesus. How they could they fulfil the Lord’s mandate to proclaim the kingdom of God? The disciples did not have the power of God necessary to draw others to Christ.
Then on Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Spirit came upon them. They prophesied. They spoke in tongues. They went out of that locked Upper Room and willing to risk their lives if only they could draw others to Christ. The people from all over the world heard the disciples, speaking in their own languages. They felt power of God working through these eleven common, everyday men.
The Kingdom continues to grow throughout the world due to the power of God, due to the Holy spirit. We all experienced the working of the Spirit in our lives. Why do we believe? Why are we Christian? Why are we Catholic? Is it simply because many of us were born into faith in Watertown? Or perhaps, because some here married a Catholic and made decision to practice their spouse’s faith? There is something within us which calls us to Jesus Christ. This may be a burning desire for God. The Holy Spirit is there deep within our lives, leading us to the Lord.
Fr. Jonas msc
It is important that we learn what our faith is. We need to know what we believe. We need to know how we are to live the faith. But dogma, the articles of faith, and morality, the way we live the faith, are insufficient in themselves for leading us to God. We need the very power of God to draw us closer to Him. We need the Holy Spirit.
The disciples kept the door to the Upper Room barred, those eleven remaining disciples of the Lord. They did this even after they experienced resurrection. The disciples knew that Jesus was the Son of God. They witnessed resurrection. They knew how they were to conduct themselves. But they still kept the door barred. They were afraid of those who killed Jesus. How they could they fulfil the Lord’s mandate to proclaim the kingdom of God? The disciples did not have the power of God necessary to draw others to Christ.
Then on Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Spirit came upon them. They prophesied. They spoke in tongues. They went out of that locked Upper Room and willing to risk their lives if only they could draw others to Christ. The people from all over the world heard the disciples, speaking in their own languages. They felt power of God working through these eleven common, everyday men.
The Kingdom continues to grow throughout the world due to the power of God, due to the Holy spirit. We all experienced the working of the Spirit in our lives. Why do we believe? Why are we Christian? Why are we Catholic? Is it simply because many of us were born into faith in Watertown? Or perhaps, because some here married a Catholic and made decision to practice their spouse’s faith? There is something within us which calls us to Jesus Christ. This may be a burning desire for God. The Holy Spirit is there deep within our lives, leading us to the Lord.
Fr. Jonas msc
