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May 31, 2009                                Pentecost Sunday (Mass during the Day)       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Acts 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled,they were all in one place together.And suddenly there came from the skya noise like a strong driving wind,and it filled the entire house in which they were.Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,which parted and came to rest on each one of them.And they were all filled with the Holy Spiritand began to speak in different tongues,as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under...

Pope St.Gregory 1(the Great) Culture/Society MiscellaneousSource: EWTNPublished: ? 1913 Author: Catholic EncyclopediaPosted on 09/03/2001 12:53:36 PDT by Lady In Blue POPE ST. GREGORY I (the Great) Catholic Encyclopedia Doctor of the Church; b. at Rome about 540; d. 12 March 604. Gregory is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical History. He has exercised in many respects a momentous influence on the doctrine, the organization, and the discipline of the Catholic Church. To him we must look for an explanation of the religious situation of the Middle Ages; indeed, if no account were taken of his work,...