{"id":627,"date":"2008-05-11T13:29:12","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T13:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2008\/05\/pentecost-varia.html"},"modified":"2008-05-11T13:29:12","modified_gmt":"2008-05-11T13:29:12","slug":"pentecost-varia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2008\/05\/pentecost-varia.html","title":{"rendered":"Pentecost Varia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFrom the excellent group blog, Per Christum, a meditation on Pentecost and motherhood:<\/a><\/p>\n

That Pentecost and Mother\u2019s Day fall on the same day this year got me thinking about how celebrating Pentecost is really celebrating a type of motherhood. After all, the birthday of the Church at Pentecost is the celebration of the founding of the Church, the body of Christ, and our symbolic mother. There is a long-held Christian tradition that the Church is our mother<\/em>. St. Cyprian (3rd century) suggested that we cannot have God as our Father unless we have the Church as our mother. In other words, it is impossible to separate God from the community of believers that he established.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Fr. Christopher Phillips at Atonement Parish in San Antonio, a Pentecost poem.<\/a>
\nA fabulous cake for the staff of Westminster<\/a>
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\nAnd, thinking globally, take a look at one of my favorite apostolates, Aid to the Church in Need<\/a>, through which you can help the Church spread the Good News around the world.
\nThe Catholic Near East Welfare Association is also invaluable – this is their page linking to current projects in need of assistance<\/a>.
\nHere, for example, are their ongoing projects in Iraq<\/a>
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