The Scripture readings and prayers during this week often focus on the prophecies in the Old Testament about the promised Savior and the expectation of ... It's a time for believers to meditate on the ...
(“Catechism of the Catholic Church,” 460) In the last column, we discovered how God was preparing humanity in the Old Testament to understand the sacrament of confirmation, the anointing with ...
In the Old Testament, the Father sent forth a special ... to the apostles on the day of Pentecost” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church,” 1302). On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was ...