Today’s gospel serves as a powerful lesson—admonishment—against Catholics who have been entrusted with the fullness of divine revelation and the treasury of the Christian faith in Christ, yet have nevertheless squandered it through acts of injustice, apostasy, and heresy toward the Tripersonal God.
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The Mystery of the Church
Jesus Christ founded a Church that inherited His doctrine, His law, His grace, and His Love: the Holy Spirit. The mystery of the Church was the culmination of Salvation history, of that mysterious Love of a lover that God had manifested towards humanity and His Chosen People.
Reflecting on Pentecost: The Holy Spirit: Sanctifier and Giver of Life, Love and Truth
The celebration of Pentecost reminds us that right now, here in the present, the Spirit actively and constantly seeks human hearts that thirst for divine love and a new way of life.
Go Into The Whole World And Proclaim The Gospel To Every Creature
Bearing witness to Christ and his Church is the primary mission of the Christian disciple. Pope St. John Paul II noted that intentional and regular participation in the salvific mission of Christ constitutes the deepest level of conversion in a person.
Proof for the Belief of the Church from Historical Continuity of Doctrine
Protestant Christians are often under the false impression that Christians of the first few centuries of the Church were more Protestant than Catholic. A sound historical consciousness, however, shows just the opposite was the case. The first Christians held definitively Catholic beliefs.