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This time of the year presents a unique opportunity to focus on the "universal call to holiness."

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity, may we, through the steadfastness of this faith, evermore be defended from all adversities; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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Pentecost marks the end of the Easter season. First week or octave is full of activity: the Ember Days, Mary, Mother of the Church, the Visitation, and the feast of the Holy Trinity.

Pentecost Sunday ends the Easter Season and leads us back to what we call as Ordinary Time in our liturgical calendar, the timepiece that enables us to