St. Augustine of Hippo Parish, Langtad City of Naga

23/05/2026

May 24, 2026 | Pentecost Sunday. 🕊️

23/05/2026

What happened at Pentecost?

Fifty days after the Resurrection of Jesus, the Apostles were gathered together in the Upper Room when the Holy Spirit descended upon them. Scripture says there came “a noise like a strong driving wind,” and “tongues as of fire” rested on them (Acts 2:2–3).

Everything changed in that moment.

The same Apostles who had been afraid and hiding suddenly went out and preached Jesus Christ boldly to the world. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, people from many nations could understand them in their own languages (Acts 2:4–11).

Then St. Peter stood up and preached his first public sermon, and about 3,000 people were baptized that day (Acts 2:41).

Pentecost was not just a moment in history. The same Holy Spirit still strengthens, guides, and transforms souls today through the life of the Church and the Sacraments.

📖 “But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses…” (Acts 1:8)

Do you think the world today has forgotten the power of the Holy Spirit?

23/05/2026

The Pentecost Sunday Prayer and Blessing. 🙏🕊️

23/05/2026

May 24, 2026 | Have a Blessed Pentecost Sunday! 🙏🕊️

23/05/2026

Gospel of the Day (John 21,20-25)

Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved, the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper and had said, "Master, who is the one who will betray you?"
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about him?"
Jesus said to him, "What if I want him to remain until I come? What concern is it of yours? You follow me."
So the word spread among the brothers that that disciple would not die. But Jesus had not told him that he would not die, just "What if I want him to remain until I come? (What concern is it of yours?)"
It is this disciple who testifies to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true.
There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written.

21/05/2026

Gospel of the Day (John 17,20-26)

Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: "I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.
And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one,
I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me.
Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them."

19/05/2026

Gospel of the Day (John 17,1-11a)

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you,
just as you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him.
Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do.
Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began.
I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
Now they know that everything you gave me is from you,
because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours,
and everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them.
And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are."

17/05/2026

17/05/2026

Solemnity of the Lord’s Ascension. 🙏