The Apostles' Creed: He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. The Nicene Creed: by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. 437 ...

But Mary remains here. At Pentecost, as the Holy Spirit descends upon the church, only one woman is named, and she is honored by being the last person to be named. The woman is Mary. To be added to ...

The first chapter of the Gospel of Luke records a meeting between Mary, the mother of Jesus, and an angel, a messenger from God. Until the Angel came to her, Mary was not a significant biblical ...

By her complete adherence to the Father's will, to his Son's redemptive work, and to every prompting of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary is the Church's model of faith and charity.

"As the New Year begins, look at Mary as a model for renewed Christian life: in her openness to the Holy Spirit, her radical assent to God’s will for her life, her patience through suffering ...

This novena is a nine-day prayer, recalling the nine days that the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles spent ... He told them that He would send His Holy Spirit, and so they prayed for the ...

Mary adds a much-needed maternal touch to our discipleship and to the work of salvation. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: “In prayer the Holy Spirit unites us to the person of the ...

It is a meditation on the lives of both our Lord and the Virgin Mary. "Christian prayer tries ... In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. There are, at present ...

This event from the Gospel of Saint Luke took place forty days after the birth of Christ Jesus which we know as Christmas Day. We can only find the true meaning of Christmas in the Infant that was ...

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in St. Cloud for Mary Jean Borden, 46, of Sartell, who passed away on Saturday, Aug. 10, ...