Laudato si’ Week and Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Sunday, 24 May 2026
Acts 2:1-11; Jn 20:19-23. Solemnity of Pentecost. Lord, send forth your Spirit and you shall renew the earth.
Laudato Si’ 80. God who wishes to work with us and who counts on our cooperation can bring good out of the evil we have done. The Holy Spirit can be said to possess an infinite creativity, proper to the divine mind, which knows how to loosen the knots of human affairs, including the most complex and inscrutable. The Spirit of God has filled the universe with possibilities and therefore from the very heart of things, something new can always emerge. LS 238. The Spirit, infinite bond of love, is intimately present at the very heart of the universe, inspiring and bringing new pathways. The world was created by the Three Persons acting as a single divine principle, but each one of them performed this common work in accordance with his own personal property. LS 241. “Mary, the Mother who cared for Jesus, now cares with maternal affection and pain for this wounded world. She treasures the entire life of Jesus in her heart (cf. Lk 2:19,51) and now understands the meaning of all things. Hence, we can ask her to enable us to look at this world with eyes of wisdom
Reflection: On this feast day, let us acknowledge the role of the Holy Spirit who helps us accept the Will of the Father, of Mary; the spouse of the Holy Spirit, and St Francis of Assisi who responded to the inspiration.
The “full stature of Christ” is the goal of Christian maturity. It means becoming more like Jesus in every way: loving as he loves, serving as he serves, and reflecting his character. We are called to evaluate our spiritual journey, seeking unity with each other, growing in our knowledge of the Son of God, and striving for his fullness in us.
Let the various inspired songs and choruses to the Holy Spirit ring in our hearts, transforming us to a new creation in Christ, inspiring us to renew our commitment to unity with all creation. While we strive to change our behaviors towards others and the environment. Like St Francis, with and for our families we pray the prayer for peace:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon;
where there is error, the truth; where there is doubt, the faith;
where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
Pray: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be…. (for the conversion of hearts to God the Creator).
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