Forwarded from Frithuswith's Cosy Corner
https://gulfcoastcatholic.org/dove-cake-pentecost Dang! I find out about a Pentecost cake literally the day before with no time to get any of this! Next year though!
Gulf Coast Catholic
Dove Cake for Pentecost
As the Easter season comes to a close, we will commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday, June 5th.
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🔥 PENTECOST SUNDAY🔥
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The word “Pentecost” is a transliteration of the Greek word pentekostos, which means “Fifty.” It comes from the ancient Christian expression pentekoste hemera, which means “Fiftieth Day.”
The Greek phrase "pentekoste hemera" (fiftieth day) was not invented by Catholics. But rather, they borrowed it from Greek-speaking Jews who used the phrase to refer to the Jewish Festival of Weeks in the Old Testament.
The Jews of the Old Testament called it Shavuot in Hebrew meaning Festival of Weeks. This name comes from Leviticus 23:16, which instructed the Jews to count seven weeks or “fifty days” from the end of Passover till Shavuot or pentekostos, as mentioned in the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scripture.
The Feast of Shavuot (Pentēkostē) is the second most important feast, after Passover in the Old Testament. Pentecost was celebrated to commemorate the great event in Jewish History of God giving His law (Ten Commandments) to Moses on Mount Sinai, fifty days after the Jews had crossed the Red Sea.
In the New Testament, the Holy Ghost descended on the Apostles and the Catholic Church was born on the Jewish feast of Pentecost because on that day the Jews were celebrating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
Hence by descending of the Holy Ghost on the Jewish feast of Pentecost, God showed that the Old Law had ceased and the New Law commenced. God also chose this time, that the Jews who on this day came together from all countries to Jerusalem to celebrate Pentecost, might be witnesses of the miracle, and hear the New Law announced by the Apostles.‼
A look at the Pentecost of the Old Testament and the Pentecost of the New Testament, the two important events in Bible history will reveal some remarkable parallels and similarities:
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Both events occurred on a mountain (Mt. Sinai and Mt. Zion - Jerusalem) known as the mountain of God – [Exodus 24:13 & Isaiah 2:3]
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God descended on Mount Sinai in the form of fire (Exodus 24:17) and God descended in the form of fire on the Apostles in Jerusalem (Acts 2:3).
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Both events happened to a newly redeemed people. The Exodus marked the birth of the Jewish nation - the chosen people of the Old Testament. While the Pentecost events recorded in Acts of the Apostles (2. I-II.) marked the birth of Catholic Church - the chosen people of the New Testament.
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Pope St. Leo the Great, Church Father and Doctor explains in a homily on Pentecost that this sacred event “holds within it great mysteries which relate both to the Old and New Dispensations wherein it is most clearly revealed to us, that grace was foretold by the law, and that the law is made perfect through grace.”
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(8 May 2025 AD)
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🔥 PENTECOST SUNDAY🔥
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The word “Pentecost” is a transliteration of the Greek word pentekostos, which means “Fifty.” It comes from the ancient Christian expression pentekoste hemera, which means “Fiftieth Day.”
The Greek phrase "pentekoste hemera" (fiftieth day) was not invented by Catholics. But rather, they borrowed it from Greek-speaking Jews who used the phrase to refer to the Jewish Festival of Weeks in the Old Testament.
The Jews of the Old Testament called it Shavuot in Hebrew meaning Festival of Weeks. This name comes from Leviticus 23:16, which instructed the Jews to count seven weeks or “fifty days” from the end of Passover till Shavuot or pentekostos, as mentioned in the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scripture.
The Feast of Shavuot (Pentēkostē) is the second most important feast, after Passover in the Old Testament. Pentecost was celebrated to commemorate the great event in Jewish History of God giving His law (Ten Commandments) to Moses on Mount Sinai, fifty days after the Jews had crossed the Red Sea.
In the New Testament, the Holy Ghost descended on the Apostles and the Catholic Church was born on the Jewish feast of Pentecost because on that day the Jews were celebrating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
Hence by descending of the Holy Ghost on the Jewish feast of Pentecost, God showed that the Old Law had ceased and the New Law commenced. God also chose this time, that the Jews who on this day came together from all countries to Jerusalem to celebrate Pentecost, might be witnesses of the miracle, and hear the New Law announced by the Apostles.‼
A look at the Pentecost of the Old Testament and the Pentecost of the New Testament, the two important events in Bible history will reveal some remarkable parallels and similarities:
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Both events occurred on a mountain (Mt. Sinai and Mt. Zion - Jerusalem) known as the mountain of God – [Exodus 24:13 & Isaiah 2:3]
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God descended on Mount Sinai in the form of fire (Exodus 24:17) and God descended in the form of fire on the Apostles in Jerusalem (Acts 2:3).
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Both events happened to a newly redeemed people. The Exodus marked the birth of the Jewish nation - the chosen people of the Old Testament. While the Pentecost events recorded in Acts of the Apostles (2. I-II.) marked the birth of Catholic Church - the chosen people of the New Testament.
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Pope St. Leo the Great, Church Father and Doctor explains in a homily on Pentecost that this sacred event “holds within it great mysteries which relate both to the Old and New Dispensations wherein it is most clearly revealed to us, that grace was foretold by the law, and that the law is made perfect through grace.”
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Forwarded from Nullus - Art and Culture
As hundreds of thousands of my faithful Hungarian brethren ascend to Csíksomlyó’s sacred hill to celebrate Pentecost, I send forth my heartfelt blessings to all of you. May the Holy Spirit descend upon your hearts like a gentle flame, bringing peace that calms, wisdom that guides, and courage to carry love and light into every corner of the world.
Ahogy magyar testvéreim százezrei zarándokolnak fel Csíksomlyó szent hegyére, hogy együtt ünnepeljék a Pünkösd csodáját, szívem minden áldásával fordulok felétek. Szálljon rátok a Szentlélek, mint szelíd láng: töltse be szíveteket békével, mely megnyugtat; bölcsességgel, mely irányt mutat; és bátorsággal, hogy szeretetet és világosságot vigyetek a világ legsötétebb zugaiba is.
Während hunderttausende meiner gläubigen ungarischen Brüder und Schwestern den heiligen Hügel von Csíksomlyó hinaufziehen, um das Pfingstwunder zu feiern, sende ich euch allen meine herzlichsten Segenswünsche. Möge der Heilige Geist wie eine sanfte Flamme auf eure Herzen herabsteigen, sie mit beruhigendem Frieden erfüllen, mit Weisheit erleuchten und mit Mut beseelen, der Liebe und Licht in die dunkelsten Winkel der Welt trägt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50LS2MOguxw
Ahogy magyar testvéreim százezrei zarándokolnak fel Csíksomlyó szent hegyére, hogy együtt ünnepeljék a Pünkösd csodáját, szívem minden áldásával fordulok felétek. Szálljon rátok a Szentlélek, mint szelíd láng: töltse be szíveteket békével, mely megnyugtat; bölcsességgel, mely irányt mutat; és bátorsággal, hogy szeretetet és világosságot vigyetek a világ legsötétebb zugaiba is.
Während hunderttausende meiner gläubigen ungarischen Brüder und Schwestern den heiligen Hügel von Csíksomlyó hinaufziehen, um das Pfingstwunder zu feiern, sende ich euch allen meine herzlichsten Segenswünsche. Möge der Heilige Geist wie eine sanfte Flamme auf eure Herzen herabsteigen, sie mit beruhigendem Frieden erfüllen, mit Weisheit erleuchten und mit Mut beseelen, der Liebe und Licht in die dunkelsten Winkel der Welt trägt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50LS2MOguxw
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Százezrek énekelték a magyar és a székely himnuszt Csíksomlyón
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The INCREDIBLE festival for La Virgen Del Rocío has taken place this past weekend
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The INCREDIBLE festival for La Virgen Del Rocío has taken place this past weekend
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The Romería de El Rocío is a procession/pilgrimage on the second day of Pentecost to the Hermitage of El Rocío in the countryside of Almonte (Huelva), Andalucia, Spain, in honor of the Virgin of El Rocio
Thinking about the folkloric concept of ostension, the pretending of stories in order to bring them to life. Ostension is a very powerful thing, the stories we try to live can have consequences in the real world. Examples within the postmodern internet folkloric environment are things like the Blue whale challenge, a semi mythical game that resulted in numerous suicides when enacted, and the Slenderman murders, two girls who had developed a belief that they were appeasing the mythical horror entity Slenderman.
The folkloric urge is inherent in humanity. We will always want stories. The difference between the stories generated organically over the course of time and passed down through generations, and the uncontrolled expression of the folkloric urge on the internet, is that our time tested stories have wisdom. Jenny Greenteeth, the green haired river hag keeps you away from the river, the Will o' the Wisp keeps you on the path, Black Shuck keeps you off the wild moors, because he's not real but ... just in case.
These were the monsters constructed by the elders to teach the younger.
Now the adolescent mind, sheltered throughout it's childhood with censored fairytales removing references to killing dragons, subverting the folkloric archetypal roles until the subversion becomes the expectation when picking up a children's book, never judging anyone or anything to be evil, encounters true darkness in the world and in processing it constructs it's own monsters that it is powerless to stop, it does not have the script to stop them.
Our refusal to deal with the horrific as parents seems to have left it in the hands of those who do not understand the power of stories that they tell, in an age where an unhealthy idea can spread faster than cholera. So I will tell my children of the old bogeymen and the old heroes, so their nightmares may be useful, and they may know that evil can be vanquished.
The folkloric urge is inherent in humanity. We will always want stories. The difference between the stories generated organically over the course of time and passed down through generations, and the uncontrolled expression of the folkloric urge on the internet, is that our time tested stories have wisdom. Jenny Greenteeth, the green haired river hag keeps you away from the river, the Will o' the Wisp keeps you on the path, Black Shuck keeps you off the wild moors, because he's not real but ... just in case.
These were the monsters constructed by the elders to teach the younger.
Now the adolescent mind, sheltered throughout it's childhood with censored fairytales removing references to killing dragons, subverting the folkloric archetypal roles until the subversion becomes the expectation when picking up a children's book, never judging anyone or anything to be evil, encounters true darkness in the world and in processing it constructs it's own monsters that it is powerless to stop, it does not have the script to stop them.
Our refusal to deal with the horrific as parents seems to have left it in the hands of those who do not understand the power of stories that they tell, in an age where an unhealthy idea can spread faster than cholera. So I will tell my children of the old bogeymen and the old heroes, so their nightmares may be useful, and they may know that evil can be vanquished.
Dang Doctor Who, I know you're monumentally gay now, but really, you're just gonna invoke the idea that superstitions and folk beliefs are true now and do nothing with it for a whole season? Give a folklorist a job already.
I wondered if Father's Day and Trinity Sunday had any historical connection, apparently it's just pure coincidence! Apparently it was invented in Spokane in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd after hearing Mother's Day sermons, and it caught on rapidly! President Richard Nixon declared it a national American Holiday on the third Sunday of June in 1972.
I hope all of you Dads had a good day, whilst honouring God who is Three Persons in One eternal Being.
I hope all of you Dads had a good day, whilst honouring God who is Three Persons in One eternal Being.
Today is indeed a dark day, the last of the protection for the unborn, who were only ever protected above 24 weeks and only if they were deemed healthy enough, has been stripped away. In the UK, one may now abort a healthy over 24 week old baby in the womb, with zero consequences as it is now decriminalised: a token offence, technically illegal, but no jail time for anyone who would be involved.
Pray that God forgives Britain and does not bring down His punishment.
Pray that God forgives Britain and does not bring down His punishment.
Forwarded from °CATHOLIC FEMININITY°
Corpus Christi in the Catholic Home - Joyfully Domestic
https://joyfullydomestic.com/corpus-christi-catholic-home/
https://joyfullydomestic.com/corpus-christi-catholic-home/
Joyfully Domestic
Corpus Christi in the Catholic Home - Joyfully Domestic
Today I want to share a roundup of ideas for celebrating Corpus Christi in the Catholic home. But first, how about a little history.
Have the religious and the clergy been guilty of serious Sins? Yes. Absolutely. However: not this one
Forwarded from Catholic Arena
RESURFACED TUAM ARTICLE RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT MEDIA CLAIMS
“I never used that word ‘dumped’,” she says again, with distress. “I just wanted those children to be remembered and for their names to go up on a plaque. That was why I did this project, and now it has taken [on] a life of its own.”
'I put it to her that it could not then be the case that all 796 bodies could be in the tank, as other media outlets were reporting. She agreed'
'There was no way there were 800 skeletons'
https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/tuam090623
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“I never used that word ‘dumped’,” she says again, with distress. “I just wanted those children to be remembered and for their names to go up on a plaque. That was why I did this project, and now it has taken [on] a life of its own.”
'I put it to her that it could not then be the case that all 796 bodies could be in the tank, as other media outlets were reporting. She agreed'
'There was no way there were 800 skeletons'
https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/tuam090623
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On Monday 23rd it is St John's Eve, a vigil that was historically celebrated with Bonfires and dancing. The Feast of John the Baptist itself was such a big deal with picnics and community meals galore that it was commonly called Summer Christmas!
In Yorkshire, up until as late as 1826, newcomers to a parish would have an open house on the 23rd June, inviting folks in for bread and cheese with a formal greeting, thus not remaining strangers for long. I don't know if some places still do! Yorkshire is very set in its' ways and also extremely prone to friendliness, so if you do ever move there, maybe have some bread and Wensleydale ready in case your new priest comes knocking that night!
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/recipes/view.cfm?id=233
St John's Eve can also be another opportunity for pancakes!
St John's Eve can also be another opportunity for pancakes!
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Liturgical Year : Recipes : Finnish Pancakes
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Forwarded from Catholic Universe
June 30th ~ COMMEMORATION of ST. PAUL, Apostle
Today we honor St. Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, the Vessel of Election. St. John Chrysostom has pronounced his greatest praises: “Heart of St. Paul, Heart of Christ. The heart of St. Paul is the Heart of Christ.”
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, 1950
Today we honor St. Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, the Vessel of Election. St. John Chrysostom has pronounced his greatest praises: “Heart of St. Paul, Heart of Christ. The heart of St. Paul is the Heart of Christ.”
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, 1950
My priest told us yesterday, that we celebrate this day as an extension of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, as the commemoration couldn't fit into the packed programme for that day!