Being Roman Catholic

A Reading from the Book of Exodus Ex 34, 4-6. 8-9

Early in the morning Moses went up Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded him, taking along the two stone tablets. Having come down in a cloud, the Lord stood with him there and proclaimed his name, “Lord.” Thus the Lord passed before him and cried out, “The Lord, the Lord, a merciful and
gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” Moses at
once bowed down to the ground in worship. Then he said, “If I find favor
with you, O Lord, do come along in our company. This is indeed a stiff-
necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and receive us as your
own.

In the book of Exodus, we read about Moses going up to Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded him – taking along the two stone tables that contained the commandments of God.

A Reading from the Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians 2 Cor 13, 11-13

Brothers, mend your ways. Encourage one another. Live in harmony and peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the holy ones send greetings to you. The grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you all!

we read about Paul teaching the Corinthians to encourage one another
and to live in harmony and peace.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John 3, 16-18
Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Yes, God so loved the world that he gave his only
Son, that whoever believes in him may not die but may have eternal life. God
did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world
might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him avoids condemnation, but whoever does not believe is already condemned for not believing in the name of God’s only Son.”

From this passage in the gospel of John, we see the relationship between the Father and Jesus – Jesus as the Son who was sent by His Father to save the world from sin. Last Sunday, Pentecost Sunday, we read about the resurrection appearance of Jesus to His apostles and wherein He “breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy Spirit”. We can thus learn from these passages how God redeems us through His Fatherhood, His Sonship, and His Most Holy Spirit. Just as the apostles received the Holy Spirit, we who are members of the Church Jesus founded, receive the same Spirit through them. And when we are called to reflect who God is or us, one of our responses is: “God is Father, Son and Spirit”. Thru his triune relationship, we are saved from our sins and will be rewarded with eternal life, if we continue to believe in God-in-Jesus, who sends His Spirit among us, so that we can also participate and continue the mission of redemption which Christ commissions us to do through our baptismal consecration.

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