Sunday, June 15, 2025

 The Solemnity of the Most 
Holy Trinity
Blessed Trinity 
Creator - Redeemer - Sanctifier
God the Father: The Creator
God the Son: The Redeemer
God the Holy Spirit: The Sanctifier
The Trinity Defined
The trinity, simply put, refers to God being one person, but existing in three. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. They are distinctive, and connect with us meaningfully in different ways, but they are one. We worship all three as equals when we worship God.
1. Soul
God the Father, as you can read in the first few chapters of Genesis, created all things and imbues us with a soul. When Ephesians 4:6 says that He is the “Father of all who is over all and through all and in all” it is describing God the Father’s unique role. Though He is spiritual father only to believers, He is a father to all of creation as its creator. We know God with our souls and it’s our souls that reflect Him so deeply.
Our souls are who we are. It is more, even, than our intellect. It’s like our “True Name”.
God is the ultimate authority and decision maker over all things, totally sovereign. You can read this in every inch of the Bible, but Psalms 103:19 and Romans 11:36 are perfect examples.
2. Body
Jesus was the bodily form of God, so that He could dwell among us and share our human experience.
Our physical bodies reflect Jesus, share His struggles, and represent His part of the trinity. Like Christ, our body interacts with the tangible world. Our body also has its own desires, as even Christ did
Though we have physical bodies, we are directed by our soul.
3. Spirit
Our spirits reflect the Holy Spirit, and He has lingered with us after Christ ascended to be with the Father to continue guiding, edifying, and shaping the church. The Holy Spirit helps give us understanding and discernment as we study the Bible. We are Not necessarily going to hear the Holy Spirit telling us things, or giving us divine words in our ears (if you want to hear the voice of God, just read the Bible out loud), but He does aid our growth by illuminating the Word of God.
The Holy Spirit gives us the will to act, and inspires us to speak truth, as described in 2 Peter 1:19-21.
The Holy Spirit also connects us with God as we share His spirit.
To you it was shown that you might know that the Lord, He is God; there is no other besides Him” ~ Deuteronomy 4:35
God is the only god. We are not talking about multiple gods.
“For this reason You are great, O Lord God; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears” ~ 2 Samuel 7:22
“’You are My witnesses,’ declares the Lord, ‘And My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, and there will be none after Me ~ Isaiah 43:10
God WANTS us to know Him. He doesn’t just want us to be Holy -To be Kind -To be Love. Those things should all be natural consequences of our main purpose: knowing (and loving) Him better. He gave us all of Scripture so that we could do just that.
God is like the Sun. 
Jesus is like the Sunlight. 
Holy Spirit is like the Heat of the Sun.
When the sun shines, it for everyone.
God is for everyone.

Sunday, June 8, 2025

 Feast of Pentecost
Come Holy Spirit 
The Seven Gifts Of The Holy Spirit 
1. Wisdom - Ơn Khôn Ngoan
2. Understanding - Ơn Hiểu Biết
3. Counsel - Ơn Khuyên Bảo
4. Fortitude - Ơn Can Đảm
5. Knowledge - Ơn Thông Minh
6. Piety - Ơn Đạo Đức
7. Fear of the Lord - Ơn Kính Sợ Chúa.
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Prayer for the Seven Gifts 
of the Holy Spirit
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me, that He may perfect in my soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love.
1. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom
That I may despise the perishable things of this world, and aspire only after the things that are eternal.
2. The Spirit of Understanding
To enlighten my mind with the light of Thy divine truth,
3. The Spirit of Counsel
That I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining Heaven,
4. The Spirit of Fortitude  
That I may bear my cross with Thee, and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation.
5. The Spirit of Knowledge
That I may know God and know myself, and grow perfect in the science of the Saints,
6. The Spirit of Piety
That I may find the service of God sweet and amiable,
7. The Spirit of Fear of God
That I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God, and may dread in any way to displease Him.
Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Thy true disciples, and animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.
Consecration To The Holy Spirit
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy.
Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the of your faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, through Christ Our Lord, Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Tận Hiến Cho Chúa Thánh Thần
Xin thổi hơi vào con, lạy Chúa Thánh Thần, để mọi ý nghĩ của con đều thánh thiện.
Xin hành động trong con, lạy Chúa Thánh Thần, để công việc của con cũng thánh thiện.
Xin Chúa Thánh Thần thu hút trái tim con, để con chỉ yêu những gì thánh thiện.
Xin Chúa Thánh Thần thêm sức cho con, để con bảo vệ mọi điều thánh thiện.
Vậy, xin Chúa Thánh Thần bảo vệ con, để con luôn thánh thiện.
Lạy Chúa Thánh Thần, xin hãy đến, lấp đầy trái tim các tín hữu của Chúa và thắp lên trong họ ngọn lửa tình yêu của Chúa. Xin sai Thánh Thần của Chúa đến và họ sẽ được tạo dựng. Và Chúa sẽ đổi mới bộ mặt trái đất.

Lạy Chúa, Chúa đã dùng ánh sáng của Chúa Thánh Thần để hướng dẫn trái tim các tín hữu của Chúa, xin ban cho chúng con, nhờ cùng một Chúa Thánh Thần, được thực sự khôn ngoan và luôn tận hưởng sự an ủi của Người, qua Chúa Kitô, Chúa chúng con, Amen.
Nhân danh Chúa Cha, Chúa Con và Chúa Thánh Thần. Amen.
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