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Fr. John Murray offers a short video reflection on today’s celebration. Courtesy: Perpetual Help Novena Video, Mission Church, Boston

One of the most challenging aspects of being a parish priest is coming up with something new to say to the congregation every Sunday. (I have heard, however, that we are really repeating: “God is Love,” in a thousand different ways.)

The Holy Spirit In the beginning, The Spirit hovered over the world Like a mother hen cooling her egg On a torrid day. And the world burst forth. And God saw that all was good. The Sprit in a burning bush Spoke to Moses “Break my people’s chains.” The Sprit blew the waters of the Red Sea apart To set a people free.

The academic year is winding down, and several Redemptorist students are among those receiving diplomas this month. At the end of May, all the students will begin their summer pastoral assignments, serving in parishes and Redemptorist outreach ministries throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

From the Redemptorists’ Campo Grande, Brazil Province: The City Council Sul has honored an American Redemptorist. Father John Hennessy, a member of the Baltimore Province serving in the Campo Grande Province in Brazil, received the John Paul II Medal of Honor from the Board of Aldermen in Campo Grande, Brazil May 16.

Ascension Verbs (A verb is a part of speech that denotes action) Go Go out (into the whole world) Make Make disciples (of all the nations) Baptize (them) In the name of the Father And of the Son And of the Holy Spirit (Share with them our life) Welcome them into the community of our love (Reveal to them their true identity) Teach (them) To observe (the commandments) Know Know that I am with you (always) Immanuel God with us.

The Redemptorists invite all to join us in celebrating the close of 18 months of festivities marking the 200th birthday of St. John Neumann, Philadelphia’s “little bishop.” The Neumann Year will close with a special Mass on Saturday, June 23, 2012, at 2 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts.