The season “Time after Pentecost” (sometimes called Ordinary Time) is the long stretch in the Church year when we live out the Christian life in the light of the Spirit poured out at Pentecost. It focuses on growth in discipleship, charity, and prayer rather than on a particular preparation or anticipation. No octave or vigil is specified here, so this celebration is observed on its appointed day without an extended eight-day period or special vigil attached.
Daily Prayer
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Weekly Prayer
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Weekly Formation
Commandment 5
The Ten Commandments
Thou shalt not kill.
The Fifth Commandment protects human life because every person is made by God and belongs ultimately to Him. It forbids unjust killing and deliberate injury, and it also condemns hatred, revenge, and conduct that recklessly endangers oneself or another.
Saint & Feast
Principal celebration
Philip Neri
St. Philip Neri, Confessor
Italian Roman Catholic saint and founder
Born
1515-07-21 · Florence
Died
Rome
Saint Philip Neri, born Filippo Romolo Neri, pronounced [fiˈlippo ˈrɔːmolo ˈneːri] was an Italian Catholic priest who founded the Congregation of the Oratory, a society of secular clergy dedicated to pastoral care and charitable work. He is sometimes referred to as the Second Apostle of Rome after Saint Peter. Neri's spiritual mission emphasised personal holiness and direct service to others, particularly through the education of young people and care for the poor and sick. His work played a significant role in the Counter-Reformation, especially within the city of Rome.
No Church history reflection has been prepared for this date yet.
Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church
In the Catechism, we learn that visible churches are more than gathering places: they signify the Church living in that place, the dwelling of God with people reconciled and united in Christ. They are holy places where the community gathers for worship, hears God’s word, sings his praise, prays, and offers the sacrifice of Christ sacramentally present; they are also places of recollection and personal prayer. The altar recalls the Cross of Christ, and under sacramental signs the sacrifice of the Cross is made present as the People of God are invited to the Lord’s table. In the liturgy, the whole assembly participates according to each person’s role, joined to Christ our high priest and to the heavenly liturgy. Its signs and symbols, drawn from creation, human life, and salvation history, become bearers of Christ’s saving and sanctifying action. Sunday, the Lord’s Day and day of the Christian family, is the principal day for the Eucharist, joy, and rest. As the Church keeps the saints’ memorials, she is united with the liturgy of heaven, while Christians themselves become temples of the Holy Spirit.
¶ 1191
Song and music are closely connected with the liturgical action. the criteria for their proper use are the beauty expressive of prayer, the unanimous participation of the assembly, and the sacred character of the celebration.
¶ 1192
Sacred images in our churches and homes are intended to awaken and nourish our faith in the mystery of Christ. Through the icon of Christ and his works of salvation, it is he whom we adore. Through sacred images of the holy Mother of God, of the angels and of the saints, we venerate the persons represented.
Pope Eleutherius, also known as Eleutherus, was the bishop of Rome from c. 174 until his death in 189. His pontificate is alternatively dated to 171–185 or 177–193. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Sunday, the "Lord's Day," is the principal day for the celebration of the Eucharist because it is the day of the Resurrection. It is the pre-eminent day of the liturgical assembly, the day of the Christian family, and the day of joy and rest from work. Sunday is "the foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year" (SC 106).
¶ 1194
The Church, "in the course of the year, . . . unfolds the whole mystery of Christ from his Incarnation and Nativity through his Ascension, to Pentecost and the expectation of the blessed hope of the coming of the Lord" (SC 102 # 2).
¶ 1195
By keeping the memorials of the saints - first of all the holy Mother of God, then the apostles, the martyrs, and other saints - on fixed days of the liturgical year, the Church on earth shows that she is united with the liturgy of heaven. She gives glory to Christ for having accomplished his salvation in his glorified members; their example encourages her on her way to the Father.
¶ 1196
The faithful who celebrate the Liturgy of the Hours are united to Christ our high priest, by the prayer of the Psalms, meditation on the Word of God, and canticles and blessings, in order to be joined with his unceasing and universal prayer that gives glory to the Father and implores the gift of the Holy Spirit on the whole world.
¶ 1197
Christ is the true temple of God, "the place where his glory dwells"; by the grace of God, Christians also become the temples of the Holy Spirit, living stones out of which the Church is built.
Baltimore track
Baltimore Catechism No. 3
Lesson 12 — On the Attributes and Marks of the Church
Q. 561.Must we ourselves seek in the Scriptures and traditions for what we are to believe?
A.We ourselves need not seek in the Scriptures and traditions for what we are to believe. God has appointed the Church to be our guide to salvation and we must accept its teaching us our infallible rule of faith.
Q. 562.How do we show that the Holy Scriptures alone could not be our guide to salvation and infallible rule of faith?
A.We show that the Holy Scripture alone could not be our guide to salvation and infallible rule of faith: (1) Because all men cannot examine or understand the Holy Scripture; but all can listen to the teaching of the Church; (2) Because the New Testament or Christian part of the Scripture was not written at the beginning of the Church's existence, and, therefore, could not have been used as the rule of faith by the first Christians; (3) Because there are many things in the Holy Scripture that cannot be understood without the explanation given by tradition, and hence those who take the Scripture alone for their rule of faith are constantly disputing about its meaning and what they are to believe.
Q. 563.How is the Church Holy?
A.The Church is Holy because its founder, Jesus Christ, is holy; because it teaches a holy doctrine; invites all to a holy life; and because of the eminent holiness of so many thousands of its children.
Q. 564.How is the Church Catholic or universal?
A.The Church is Catholic or universal because it subsists in all ages, teaches all nations, and maintains all truth.