“Veni, Sancte Spiritus”(N) – “Veni, Sancte Spiritus”(C)

Romans 8:26, “…the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.”
John 16:13, “But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth… and will declare to you the things that are coming.”
John 14:26, “…the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name—he will teach you… and remind you of all [I] told you.”
Revelation 2:7, “Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches…

Getting Closer To God (T)

EWTN – “Come, Holy Spirit” (Latin: “Veni, Sancte Spiritus”)
https://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/pentecost/pent11.htm

Saints Preserve Us! (N)– Champions of the Faith (C)

Pope St. Pius V:
Crisis Magazine’s article:
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2016/lessons-from-the-reform-papacy-of-st-pius-v

EWTN article:
https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/PIUSV.HTM

Catechetical Corner (N)– Catholic Passport (C) – Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church– (CCC 365)

Scriptural Secrets  (N)– Hidden Treasures (C)

Catholic Culture – “Catechism of the Catholic Church: The senses of Scripture”
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/catechism/index.cfm?recnum=467

 CERC – Mark Shea, “The Allegorical Sense of Scripture”
https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/apologetics/the-allegorical-sense-of-scripture.html

Catholic Exchange- Mark Shea, “Coming to our Senses: The Allegorical Sense”
http://catholicexchange.com/coming-to-our-senses-the-allegorical-sense

Bible Secrets (T)

The “I Am” statements of St. John’s Gospel reveal who Jesus is!  A great Catholic resource for learning more about these statements is posted online by Fr. Felix Just, S.J.:
http://catholic-resources.org/John/Themes-IAM.htm

Witness: Barnabas (T)

New Advent’s article about St Barnabas:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02300a.htm

Tugboat Detective Challenge: Tracking the Holy Spirit (T)

Romans 8:26, “…the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.”
John 16:13, “But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth… and will declare to you the things that are coming.”
John 14:26, “…the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name—he will teach you… and remind you of all [I] told you.”
Revelation 2:7, “Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches…”

Veni, Sancte Spiritus (N) (C)

   Acts 4:31, “…and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.”
   Titus 3:5, “…through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit.”
2 Corinthians 3:18, “All of us… are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
   Galatians 5:22-23, “In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…”

“A” Good Shepherd – “The” Good Shepherd (T)

Chabad – Gennadiy Bogolubov, “People of the Land, Shepherdology: Understanding the Jewish obsession with shepherding”
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1762017/jewish/People-of-the-Land.htm

My Jewish Learning – “Shepherd Consciousness”
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shepherd-consciousness/

In God We Trust (N) – America’s Slow Trust in God (C)

U.S. Dept. of the Treasury: History of In God We Trust
https://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/in-god-we-trust.aspx

Saints Preserve Us! (N) – Champions of the Faith (C)

St. Mark the Evangelist:
Catholic Culture on St. Mark:
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-04-25
and
New Advent on St. Mark
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09672c.htm

Catechetical Corner (N) – Catholic Passport (C)

Catechism of the Catholic Church: (CCC 1764, 1768, 2702)

Scriptural Secrets (N) – Hidden Treasures (C)

Catholic Culture: Allegory
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=31733

CERC-  Fr. George Rutler, “The Allegory of our Lives”
https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/spiritual-life/the-allegory-of-our-lives.html

Witness: Our Senses!  (T)

Catholic Culture: Allegory
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=31733

Tugboat Detective Challenge: Tracking the Holy Spirit

   Acts 4:31, “…and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.”
   Titus 3:5, “…through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit.”
   2 Corinthians 3:18, “All of us… are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
Galatians 5:22-23, “In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…”

Veni, Sancte Spiritus (N) (C)

Biblical Evidence for the Presence of the Holy Spirit:
Acts 9:31, “So the church… had peace and was built up; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplied.”
Ephesians 3:16, “…that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man.”
2 Corinthians 3:17, “…and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
1 Thessalonians 1:6, “And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the holy Spirit.”

Saints Preserve Us! (N); Stars of Our Faith: St. Anselm: “Faith Seeking Understanding” (T)

Franciscan Media – St. Anselm
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-anselm/

New Advent – St. Anselm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01546a.htm

Encyclopedia Britannica – St. Anselm
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Anselm-of-Canterbury

Holy Spirit Interactive (kids) – St. Anselm
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/0421.asp

Brain Buster (N)

Logos Library – (Brain Buster): from Chapter II of Anselm’s Proslogian
http://www.logoslibrary.org/anselm/proslogion/102.html

A Friend In Need: Intercessors (C)

Catechism of the Catholic Church: CCC 2577

Catholic Answers – “How to Defend the Intercession of the Saints
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/how-to-defend-the-intercession-of-the-saints

Scriptural Secrets (N) – Hidden Treasures (C)– Bible Secrets (T)

Church Catechism of the Catholic: CCC 989

Haydock Commentary – St. Luke, chapter 24
http://haydock1859.tripod.com/id90.html

Agape Bible Study – commentary, St. Luke, chapter 24
http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/Luke_Gospel/Luke_Lesson_16.htm

St Charles Borromeo – commentary, St. Luke, chapter 24
http://www.scborromeo.org/biblestu/b_east_3.pdf

Witness: Jesus’ Body (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church: CCC 997

Catechetical Corner (N)– Catholic Passport (C)– Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church: CCC 990, 997

Veni, Sancte Spiritus (N) (C)

Biblical Evidence the Presence of the Holy Spirit:
Galatians 5:5, “For through the Spirit, by faith, we await the hope of righteousness.”
Romans 8:14, “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.”
Acts 1:8, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

* Getting Closer To God: ‘The 3 O’clock Prayer’ (T)

“O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!”

EWTN
https://www.ewtn.com/library/PRAYER/MERCY.TXT

And, for… ‘How to Pray the Chaplet’:
USCCB
http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/new-evangelization/year-of-faith/how-to-pray-the-chaplet-of-divine-mercy.cfm

Divine Mercy Comes To America (N) (C)

Fr. Sopocko, the priest who believed St. Faustina:
http://www.thedivinemercy.org/news/The-Priest-Who-First-Believed-Faustina-3354

Fr. Jarzebowski, the priest who brought Divine Mercy to America
http://www.thedivinemercy.org/news/Man-on-a-Mission-2879

Scriptural Secrets (N) – Hidden Treasures (C) – Bible Secrets (T)

Agape Bible Study – John, Chapter 20
http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/John_Gospel/Chapter%2020.htm

Jewish Encyclopedia – rabbi
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12494-rabbi

Witness: “The Apostles & The Community of Believers” (T)

A suggested Family activity might be to read together a portion of the Acts of the Apostles each evening after dinner during the fifty days of Easter.

Catechetical Corner (N) – Catholic Passport (C) – Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 976, 985, 1487)

Be Still and Know That I Am God (N)– Pray Without Ceasing (C)– From Your Lips to God’s Ear (T)

Preparing For the Descent of the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your love.

1. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created
2. And Thou shall renew the face of the earth. Amen.

Let us pray

O God, who taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that, by the gift of the same Spirit, we may be always truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

What’s In a Word – mysterion = mysterium + sacramentum (N) (C)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 774, 1131)

Scriptural Secrets (N)– Hidden Gems (C)

Agape Bible Study – Fourth Sunday of Easter, cycle A
https://www.agapebiblestudy.com/Sunday_Readings/Sunday_Readings.php?Sunday_Doc=Easter_Season/Easter_4_a

St. Charles Borromeo – Fourth Sunday of Easter, Cycle A
http://www.scborromeo.org/biblestu/a_east_4.pdf

Buried Treasure (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 1185, 1186)

Catechetical Corner (N)– Catholic Passport (C)

 Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 754, 1465, 1524, 2665)

Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 1465, 2665)

Tugboat – Our Salvation History:

Baby in a Basket – Exodus 1 – 2 relate the beginnings of Moses’ story.

Tugboat Challenge: Fill-Ins

Be Still and Know That I Am God (N)– Pray Without Ceasing (C)

God’s Truth and Justice: Prerequisites for Mind and Heart as Requirements for Divine Mercy

Forgive Us Our Trespasses (Repentance, Mercy, Reconciliation) (N) (C)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 1441, 1442, 1445)

The Catholic Thing – “Repentance for Sin and Sacramental Absolution,” By Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap.
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2023/01/25/repentance-for-sin-and-sacramental-absolution/

The Catholic Thing – “And Those Whose Sins Ye Shall Retain…” by James V. Schall, S.J. (1928-2019)
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2016/07/05/and-those-whose-sins-ye-shall-retain/

Answering Genesis – The Sequence of Christs’ Post Resurrection Appearances, Where Exactly Did Jesus Appear, and to Whom?’ by Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell
https://answersingenesis.org/jesus/resurrection/the-sequence-of-christs-post-resurrection-appearances/

Family Prayer & Worship (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 1324, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1330, 2179)

Franciscan Media – St. John Chrysostom
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-john-chrysostom/

Scriptural Secrets (N)– Hidden Gems (C)

Robert Alter. The Hebrew Bible, Volume 3, The Writings, Ketuvim, A Translation With Commentary. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2019.
*@ p. 52

Agape Bible Study – Third Sunday of Easter, cycle A
https://www.agapebiblestudy.com/Sunday_Readings/Sunday_Readings.php?Sunday_Doc=Easter_Season/Easter_3_a

St. Charles Borromeo – Third Sunday of Easter, Cycle A
http://www.scborromeo.org/biblestu/a_east_3.pdf

Resources For Catholic Educators – Third Sunday of Waster, Year A
http://www.4catholiceducators.com/Year%20A/3easterA.htm

Buried Treasure (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 1441, 1445)

Catechetical Corner (N)– Catholic Passport (C)– Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 1324, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1330)

Tugboat – Our Salvation History: Family Reunion

Joseph’s story begins in Genesis 37 and concludes with his death where Genesis ends.

Tugboat Challenge: True or False

Be Still and Know That I Am God (N)– Pray Without Ceasing (C)

Trisagion – “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” (Repeat three times)
https://www.standrewchandler.com/how-to-pray-the-chaplet

Thirty-Three (N) (C) – Stars of Our Faith (T)

Britannica – Saint Catherine of Siena
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Catherine-of-Siena

Catholic News Agency – St. Catherine of Siena
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-catherine-of-siena-451

St. Faustina – Biography
https://www.saint-faustina.org/biography/

Epic Pew – 10 Things You May Not Know About Saint Faustina
https://epicpew.com/10-things-may-not-know-saint-faustina-divine-mercy/

New Advent – Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198d.htm

List:
Feed the hungry.
Give drink to the thirsty.
Clothe the naked.
Visit the imprisoned.
Shelter the homeless.
Visit the sick.
Bury the dead.

Scriptural Secrets (N)– Hidden Gems (C)– Buried Treasure (T)

Catholic Veritas – “Four Gifts of the Resurrected Body,” by John Johnson
https://catholicveritas.com/blog/four-gifts-resurrected-body

Dr. Taylor Marshall – “Do You Know the Four Properties of a Glorified Resurrected Human Body?”
https://taylormarshall.com/2012/10/do-you-know-four-properties-of.html

Theopolis Institute – “Subtlety, Agility, Clarity,” by Peter Leithart
https://theopolisinstitute.com/leithart_post/subtlety-agility-clarity/

Catholic Theology – Summa Theologica
http://www.catholictheology.info/summa-theologica/summa-part3sup.php?q=493

Agape Bible Study – Second Sunday of Easter, Cycle A
https://www.agapebiblestudy.com/Sunday_Readings/Sunday_Readings.php?Sunday_Doc=Easter_Season/Easter_3_a

St. Charles Borromeo – Second Sunday of Easter, Cycle A
http://www.scborromeo.org/biblestu/a_lent_2.pdf

Catechetical Corner (N)– Catholic Passport (C)– Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 640, 643, 644)

Tugboat – Our Salvation History: Joseph’s Destiny

This part of Joseph’s story is found in Genesis 39-41.

Tugboat Challenge: Patron Saint of What?!

Consider how best you could serve as a patron saint.

This is the Day the LORD Has Made! (N) (C)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 2761, 2853, 2854)

From God’s Lips to Your Ears (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 2761, 2853, 2854, 2865)

This Is the Day the Lord Has Made! (N) (C)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (2853, 2854, 2761)

Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad! (N) (C) This is the Day (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 1165, 1166, 1169)

‘Mother of All Masses’ (N) (C)

‘Breakdown’ of the Easter Vigil Mass: Service of the Light, Easter Proclamation, Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of Baptism, Liturgy of the Eucharist

Catechetical Corner (N)– Catholic Passport (C)– Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 356)

Tugboat – Our Salvation History: The Greatest Story Ever Told!

Theology of Work – “Joseph’s Promotion by Pharaoh (Genesis 41:1-45)”
https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/genesis-12-50-and-work/joseph-genesis-372-5026/josephs-promotion-by-pharaoh-genesis-411-45

Got Questions – “How many brothers did King David have?”
https://www.gotquestions.org/David-brothers.html

Tugboat Challenge: Word Jumble

Our Father… (N)– Pray without Ceasing (C) – From God’s Lips to Your Ears (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church –  (CCC 2846)

The Catholic Thing – “The Lord’s Koan,” by Michael Pakaluk
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2022/08/17/the-lords-koan/

Liturgical lights (N)– A Most Holy Week (C)– Three Days (T)

Etymology Online – paschal
https://www.etymonline.com/word/paschal

Saint Patrick Church & School – “What is Holy Week?”
https://www.saintpats.org/parish/holy-week/#:~:text=Holy%20Week%2C%20the%20final%20week,to%20when%20He%20was%20crucified.

Catechetical Corner (N)– Catholic Passport (C)

Catechism of the Catholic Church –  (CCC 560, 2816)

Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 560)

Our Salvation History: The Youngest of Twelve (T)

Got Questions – Birth Order of Jacob’s Thirteen Children
https://www.gotquestions.org/Jacobs-children.html

Tugboat Challenge: Lenten Actions