Saturday in the Seventh Week of Easter

We pray through the seventh week of Easter and offer our whole day to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, united to the Mass throughout the world. We reflect on Pentecost as the Holy Spirit’s gift of love that gathers one Church across every nation and calls us to protect unity in peace. 
• opening invocation and steady rhythm of prayer 
• morning offering of prayers, works, joys, and sufferings through Mary 
• Pentecost tongues as a sign of the Spirit’s presence and the Church’s universality 
• love poured into hearts as the force that gathers the Church worldwide 
• new wine and fresh wineskins as renewal by grace 
• call to live the feast by bearing with one another and guarding unity 
• God cleansing hearts by faith and making no distinction among peoples 

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Transcript

Opening Prayer And Invocation

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Saturday, in the seventh week of Easter. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Morning Offering Through Mary

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O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the remission of my sins, for the intentions of my family and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen.

Pentecost And Many Tongues

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From a sermon by a sixth century African author. The disciples spoke in the language of every nation. At Pentecost, God chose this means to indicate the presence of the Holy Spirit. Whoever had received the Spirit spoke in every kind of tongue. We must realize, dear brothers, that this is the same Holy Spirit by whom love is poured out in our hearts. It was love that was to bring the Church of God together all over the world. And as individual men who received the Holy Spirit

New Wine And Fresh Hearts

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in those days could speak in all kinds of tongues, so today the Church, united by the Holy Spirit, speaks in the language of every people. Therefore, if somebody should say to one of us, You have received the Holy Spirit, why do you not speak in tongues? His reply should be, I do indeed speak in the tongues of all men, because I belong to the body of Christ, that is the church, and she speaks all languages. What else did the presence of the Holy Spirit indicate at Pentecost, except that God's church was to speak in the language of every people? This was the way in which the Lord's promise was fulfilled. No one puts new wine into old wineskins. New wine is put into fresh skins, and so both are preserved. So, when the disciples were heard speaking in all kinds of languages, some people were not far wrong in saying, They have been drinking too much new wine. The truth is that the disciples had now become fresh wineskins, renewed and made holy by grace. The new wine of the Holy Spirit filled them, so that their fervor brimmed over, and they spoke in manifold tongues. By this spectacular miracle, they became a sign of the Catholic Church, which embraces the language of every nation.

Unity Of Spirit And Peace

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Keep this feast then, as members of the one body of Christ. It will be no empty festival for you if you really live what you are celebrating. For you are the members of that church which the Lord acknowledges as his own, being himself acknowledged by her, that same church which he fills with the Holy Spirit as she spreads throughout the world. He is like a bridegroom who never loses sight of his own bride. No one could ever deceive him by substituting some other woman. To you, men of all nations, then, who make up the Church of Christ, you the members of Christ, you the body of Christ, you the bride of Christ. To all of you the apostle addresses these words Bear with one another in love. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Notice that when Paul urges us to bear with one another, he bases his argument on love. And when he speaks of our hope of unity, he emphasizes the bond of peace. This church is the house of God, built up of living stones, whose master is Almighty God. It is his delight to dwell here. Take care then that he never has the sorrow of seeing it undermined by schism and collapsing in ruins.

No Distinction Cleansed By Faith

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God, who can read the hearts of all, sent his spirit to the Gentiles just as he did to us. He made no distinction between them and us, and he cleansed their hearts by faith. Hallelujah. God also gave life-giving repentance to the Gentiles. He made no distinction between them and us, and he cleansed their hearts by faith. Alleluia.

Closing Collect And Devotions

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Grant we pray, Almighty God, that we who have celebrated the Paschal festivities may by your gift hold fast to them in the way that we live our lives, through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen. Let us praise the Lord and give him thanks. All that I have and all that I am, I give to your hands, Jesus, through the heart of Mary, your blessed mother. Amen. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Join The Cristeros Community

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If you found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful, and would like more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Cristeros and purchasing our publications, now available on Amazon.com. The Cristeros app is available on the Apple app and Google Play Store. More information on the Cristeros can be found at theCristeros.org.