{"id":299218,"date":"2019-06-10T19:30:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T23:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=299218"},"modified":"2019-06-10T19:30:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T23:30:10","slug":"come-holy-ghost-pentecost-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2019\/06\/come-holy-ghost-pentecost-in-queens\/","title":{"rendered":"Come, Holy Ghost: Pentecost in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/62179846_10214504586068583_8543114981707612160_n.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299221\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/62179846_10214504586068583_8543114981707612160_n-575x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought I\u2019d share a few pictures from yesterday, when my parish celebrated Pentecost by also celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation. (H\/T to Maria Ribar for some of these great shots!)<\/p>\n<p>Some hardworking souls set to work decorating the church about an hour beforehand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011243.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299242\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011243-575x383.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had about 70 confirmandi \u2014 including the mother of one of the young ladies being confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011240.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299224\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011240-575x863.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"863\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/IMG_2385.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299227\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/IMG_2385-575x767.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"767\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was the last hurrah for the Paschal Candle, which will now spend most of its time down by the baptismal font.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011249.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299230\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011249-575x863.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"863\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011254.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299233\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011254-575x383.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As June days go, it was a perfect day for this: sunny and in the 70\u2019s.\u00a0 After the Mass, the bishop obligingly posed for photographs in the Mary Garden outside the church.<\/p>\n<p><em>Come Holy Ghost, Creator blest, and in our hearts take up thy rest!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/62151184_2347291391984070_3312114814003707904_n.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299236\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/62151184_2347291391984070_3312114814003707904_n-575x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"767\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011258.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299239\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2019\/06\/P1011258-575x383.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I\u2019d share a few pictures from yesterday, when my parish celebrated Pentecost by also celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation. 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