On Witnessing to Christ
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03 May 2008
Solemnity of the Ascension, Year A
The lectionary readings for the solemnity of the Ascension
of the Lord are taken from: the Acts of the Apostles, the
letter of Paul to the Ephesians, and the gospel of Matthew.
In the book of Acts, we find the account of the Ascension of
the Lord into heaven - and the promise of the Holy Spirit to
the apostles so that they can be His witnesses in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Then, in the letter to the Ephesians, we read about Paul
praying for the community of the Ephesians that they be
granted a spirit of wisdom and insight to know Christ clearly
- especially as regards the immeasurable scope of His power
- that those who believe in Him may be enlightened with the
innermost vision to know the great hope to which Jesus has
called them. Lastly, in the gospel of Matthew, we find Jesus
commissioning His apostles to go forth and make disciples of
all nations - baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit - and promising them that
He will be with them always even until the end of the world.
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The lectionary readings for the 7th Sunday of Easter, Year
A, are taken from: the Acts of the Apostles, the first letter
of Peter, and the gospel of John. In the book of Acts, we
read how after the Ascension of Jesus, the apostles returned
to Jerusalem to go to the upstairs room were they devoted
themselves to constant prayer - awaiting the coming of the
Holy Spirit. Then, in the letter of Peter, we read how Peter
encourages the faithful to rejoice in their sharing Christ’s
sufferings - for when Christ’s glory is revealed, they too
will rejoice exultantly. Lastly, in the gospel of John, we
read about Jesus calling on the Father to glorify the Son,
for He had given glory to the Father on earth by finishing
the work that had been entrusted to Him.
The month of May has its share of well-loved saints. This page
highlights those saints who are honored in the liturgy for the
month of May. Not all of them however are mentioned in the Mass,
though they are also included together with the ones who are
designated with feasts and memorials. Popular among the saints
of May are: St. Joseph the Worker (May 1), St. Athanasius, bishop
and doctor (May 2), Sts. Philip and James, apostles (May 3),
Sts. Nereus, Achilles, and Pancratius, martyrs (May 12), St.
Matthias, apostle (May 14), St. John I, pope and martyr (May 18),
St. Bernardine of Siena, priest (May 20), St. Bede, priest and
doctor, St. Gregory VII, pope, and St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi,
virgin (May 25), St. Philip Neri, priest (May 26), St. Augustine
of Canterbury, bishop (May 27), and lastly the feast of the
Blessed Mary, the Visitation (May 31).
St. Jerome is one of the four original Doctors of the Church
- together with St. Augustine, St. Ambrose and St. Gregory the
Great. He had a very good education in Rome and was ordained
by St. Paulinus. Then, together with St. Paulinus, they were
sent to attend a Council were he remained there to be the
secretary of Pope Damasus. Pope Damasus then encouraged St.
Jerome to undertake the translation of the Bible. It was this
work that earned St. Jerome his greatest achievement - the
production of the Vulgate. This translation of the Bible became
the norm for many centuries until the middle of the twentieth
century, when bible scholars then already used the original sources
to translate the Bible. St. Jerome also led a monastery of men
in Bethlehem in tandem with St. Paula, who led three convents
also in Bethlehem. Being of fiery temperament, St. Jerome got into
fierce fights with many of the opponents of Christendom. He even
got into a fight with St. Augustine over a matter of interpreting
a certain scriptural passage. God however used this fiery
temperament of St. Jerome to conquer the enemies of Christendom
during his time.
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Christian Leadership to Truly Touch the World!
In the early months of our web site, Anne Macdonnell sent us and shared
her Christian experience in writing. And so we dedicated part of our
web site to those who would want to have their Christian experience
published in the site. We call this section, Sharing and Witnessing.
Anne Macdonnell did very well in sharing with us her Christian journey
of knowing Christ and how we are called to make a leap of faith to witness
and share that Christian faith with others. Here is a passage of what
she shares in her writing:
“My three years of study in the doctoral program in organizational
leadership at Regent University proved to be the most challenging,
exhilarating, and inspirational of my life. It was a very intense time
in which my entire life was devoted to diligently pursuing God’s truth
through my studies. The wonderful aspect of this program is the fact that
all of my professors and my fellow learners in Cohort I were deeply
committed to the Lord. Also, being a member of Cohort I was a pioneering
adventure! After all, we were members of the first cohort of learners
to experience a computer-mediated doctoral program in organizational
leadership anywhere in the world! What an awesome privilege to be chosen
by the Lord to embark on a new, computer-mediated adventure involving
the prayerful sharing of charitable fraternity, ecumenical dialogue,
scriptural integration, and inspiring leadership- all based upon the
principles of Christian discipleship! Just as all Christians have been
commissioned to spread the Good News to all corners of the earth, we
were indeed using the miraculous power of the World Wide Web to spread
the Gospel literally throughout the entire planet. What mission could
be more exciting than this one?”
Like Anne Macdonnell, if you also have a story to share wherein you
witness to the greatness and marvelous wonders of the Lord, just send us
your story and we shall publish it in this section called, Sharing and
Witnessing.
