Pentecost Sunday
Solemnity of the coming of the Holy Spirit
Ghid
il-Hamsin (Quddiesa tal-Jum)
SOLENNITA’
TAL-MIGJA TA’ L-ISPIRTU S-SANTU
Messalin B 320
When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place
together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving
wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to
them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different
tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. Now there were devout Jews from every nation
under heaven staying in Jerusalem
L-Ewwel Lezzjoni - Qari
mill-Atti tal-Appostli.i 2, 1-11
Responsorial Psalm PSalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD, my God, you are great indeed!
How manifold are your works, O LORD!
the earth is full of your creatures;
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or: R. Alleluia.
O LORD, my God, you are great indeed!
How manifold are your works, O LORD!
the earth is full of your creatures;
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or
May the glory of the LORD
endure forever;
may the LORD be glad in his works!
Pleasing to him be my theme;
I will be glad in the LORD.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or: R. Alleluia.
may the LORD be glad in his works!
Pleasing to him be my theme;
I will be glad in the LORD.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or: R. Alleluia.
If you take away their
breath, they perish
and return to their dust.
When you send forth your spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or: R. Alleluia.
and return to their dust.
When you send forth your spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or
Salm Responsorjali Salm 103(104)
Bierek ruħ tiegħi,
lill-Mulej!
Mulej, Alla tiegħi, inti kbir
bil-bosta!
Kemm huma kotrana l-għemejjel
tiegħek, Mulej!
Mimlija l-art bil-ħlejjaq
tiegħek.
R/
Ibgħat l-Ispirtu tiegħek, Mulej, u ġedded il-wiċċ ta' l-art.
Jekk teħdilhom nifishom,
imutu,
u lejn it-trab jerġgħu
jmorru.
Malli tibgħat in-nifs tiegħek,
jinħolqu,
u inti ġġedded il-wiċċ ta'
l-art.
R/
Ibgħat l-Ispirtu tiegħek, Mulej, u ġedded il-wiċċ ta' l-art.
Jibqa' sebħ il-Mulej għal
dejjem!
Jifraħ il-Mulej bl-għemejjel
tiegħu!
Ħa togħġbu l-għanja tiegħi,
Għax jien fil-Mulej l-hena
tiegħi.
R/
Ibgħat l-Ispirtu tiegħek, Mulej, u ġedded il-wiċċ ta' l-art.
Reading 2 GALatians 5:16-25
Brothers
and sisters, live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire
of the flesh.For the flesh has desires against the Spirit,and the Spirit
against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what
you want. But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now
the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality,
impurity, lust, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of
fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions, occasions of envy, drinking
bouts, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who
do such things will not inherit the kingdom
of God
It-Tieni Lezzjoni - Qari mill-Ittra ta' San Pawl
lill-Galatin 5 16-25
Ħuti, jien ngħidilkom, imxu
fl-Ispirtu u taqgħux għall-passjonijiet tal-passjoniet tal-ġisem huma kontra l-ġisem; dawn it-tnejn huma kontra xulxin, ;biex ma jħallukomx
tagħmlu dak li tixtiequ. Jekk lilkom imexxikom l-Ispirtu, m'intomx taħt il-liġi.
L-għemejjel tal-ġisem huma magħrufa: żina, faħx, nuqqas ta' rażan, idolatrija, seħer,
mibegħda, ġlied, għira, korla, ambizzjoni, firda, partiti, invidja, sokor, tbaħrid,
u ħwejjeġ bħal dawn. Inwissikom, bħalma
wissejtkom qabel, min jagħmel dawn il-ħwejjeġ
ma jiritx is-saltna ta' Alla. Il-frott
tal-Ispirtu huma: l-imħabba, l-hena, is-sliem, is-sabar, il-ħniena, it-tjieba,
il-fidi, il-ħlewwa, ir-rażan. Kontra
dawn ma hemmx liġi. Dawk li huma ta'
Kristu Ġesu' sallbu l-ġisem bil-ġibdiet u l-passjonijiet tiegħu. Jekk ngħixu bl-Ispirtu, ħalli nimxu bl-Ispirtu. Il-Kelma tal-Mulej
Sequence — Veni, Sancte Spiritus
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
And from your celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine.
You, of comforters the best;
You, the soul’s most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our labor, rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.
O most blessed Light divine,
Shine within these hearts of yours,
And our inmost being fill!
Where you are not, we have naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
On our dryness pour your dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away:
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
On the faithful, who adore
And confess you, evermore
In your sevenfold gift descend;
Give them virtue’s sure reward;
Give them your salvation, Lord;
Give them joys that never end. Amen.
Alleluia.
And from your celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine.
You, of comforters the best;
You, the soul’s most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our labor, rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.
O most blessed Light divine,
Shine within these hearts of yours,
And our inmost being fill!
Where you are not, we have naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
On our dryness pour your dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
On the faithful, who adore
And confess you, evermore
In your sevenfold gift descend;
Give them virtue’s sure reward;
Give them your salvation, Lord;
Give them joys that never end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Sekwenza
Spirtu s-Santu, ejja fina,
raġġ ta' dawl qaddis agħtina,
xerrdu f'ruħna mis-smewwiet.
O Missier il-foqra tiegħek,
inti ġġib id-doni miegħek,
tagħni b'dawklek qalb
l-ulied.
Inti l-aqwa faraġ tagħna,
fik kull hena xħin tkun magħna,
tħossok fewġa ħelwa r-ruħ
Fl-għaja, lejn is-serħ twassalna;
jekk imħeġġa wisq, trażżanna;
mil-għajnejn tixxotta d-dmugħ.
O dawl ħieni ta' qdusija,
nitolbuk li bik mimlija
tkun il-qalb ta' kull fidil.
Mingħajr dawlek li jmexxina
ebda ħajr ma jkum hemm fina,
ebda safa fl-għemil.
Naddaf kull fejn hemm
it-tbajja',
fejn hemm nixfa reġġa' l-ħajja,
lill-miġruħ agħtih fejqan.
Rattab fina l-ebusija,
agħti lill-berdin bżulija,
għin fit-triq lil min beżgħan.
Agħti s-seba' doni tiegħek
lil min jimxi fidil miegħek
u li fik jistrieħ kull hin.
Agħti 'l kull virtu' sabiħa
ħlas ta' salvazzjoni sħiħa,
agħti l-ġenna lit-tajbin.
Ammen. Hallelujah.
Gospel JohN 15:26-27; 16:12-15
Jesus
said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you
from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will
testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the
beginning.“ I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when
he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not
speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the
things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is
mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this
reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.” This s the Word of the Lord.
L-Evanġelju - Qari skont San Ġwann 15,
26-27; 16,12-15
F'dak iż-żmien, Ġesu' qal
lid-dixxipli tiegħu: "Meta
jiġi d-Difensur, li se nibagħtilkom mingħand il-Missier, l-Ispirtu tal-verita',
li ġej mill-Missier, huwa jixhed għalija.
U intom ukoll tixhduuu, għax intom kontru miegħi sa mill-bidu. Baqagħli ħafna
ħwejjeġ x'ngħidilkom, imma għalissa ma
tifilħux għalihom. Meta jiġi hu,
l-Ispirtu tal-verita', iwassalkom għall-verita' kollha; għaliex hu ma jgħid
xejn minn minn minn
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Power From Above
Gospel Commentary for Feast
of Pentecost By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap
Everyone has on some occasion
seen people pushing a stalled car trying to get it going fast enough to start.
There are one or two people pushing from behind and another person at the
wheel. If it does not get going after the first try, they stop, wipe away the
sweat, take a breath and try again. ... Then suddenly there is a noise, the
engine starts to work, the car moves on its own and the people who were pushing
it straighten themselves up and breathe a sigh of relief.
This is an image of what
happens in Christian life. One goes forward with much effort, without great
progress. But we have a very powerful engine ("the power from
above!") that only needs to be set working. The feast of Pentecost should
help us to find this engine and and see how to get it going.
The account from the Acts of
the Apostles begins thus: "When
the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all together in the same
place."
From these words, we see that
Pentecost pre-existed Pentecost. In other words, there was already a feast of
Pentecost in Judaism and it was during this feast that the Holy Spirit
descended. One cannot understand the Christian Pentecost without taking into
account the Jewish Pentecost that prepared it.
In the Old Testament there
were two interpretations of the feast of Pentecost. At the beginning there was
the feast of the seven weeks, the feast of the harvest, when the first fruits
of grain were offered to God, but then, and certainly during Jesus' time, the
feast was enriched with a new meaning:
It was the feast of the conferral of the law and of the covenant on Mount Sinai .
If the Holy Spirit descends
upon the Church precisely on the day in which Israel
These considerations
immediately provoke a question: Do
we live under the old law or the new law? Do we fulfill our religious duties by
constraint, by fear and habit, or rather by an intimate conviction and almost
by attraction? Do we experience God as a father or a boss?
I conclude with a story. At
the beginning of the last century a family from southern Italy emigrated to the United States
The parents took the last bit
of money that they had and gave it to him so that he could have a nice meal at
a restaurant. The child went, ate and came back to his parents in tears. The
parents asked: "We have spent
all the money we had left to buy you a nice meal and you are still
crying?"
"I am crying because I
found out that one meal a day was included in the price and this whole time we
have been eating bread and cheese!"
Many Christians go through
life with only "bread and cheese," without joy, without enthusiasm,
when they could, spiritually speaking, every day enjoy every good thing of God,
it all being included in the price of being Christians.
The secret for experiencing
that which John XXIII called "a new Pentecost" is called prayer. That
is where we find the "spark" that starts the engine!
Jesus promised that the
heavenly Father would give the Holy Spirit to those who asked for him (Luke 11: 13). Ask then! The liturgy of Pentecost offers us
magnificent words to do this:
"Come, Holy Spirit ...
Come, O Father of the poor,
Ever bounteous of Thy store,
Come, our heart's unfailing light.
Come, Consoler, kindest, best,
Come, our bosom's dearest guest,
Sweet refreshment, sweet repose.
Rest in labor, coolness sweet,
Tempering the burning heat,
Truest comfort of our woes!"
Come, O Father of the poor,
Ever bounteous of Thy store,
Come, our heart's unfailing light.
Come, Consoler, kindest, best,
Come, our bosom's dearest guest,
Sweet refreshment, sweet repose.
Rest in labor, coolness sweet,
Tempering the burning heat,
Truest comfort of our woes!"
Come Holy Spirit!
[Translation by Joseph G. Trabbic]
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