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5 days ago · Pentecost is the story of how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit give us the one thing we want the most but know we can’t give ourselves: The grace to become innocent again. The gentle breath of Jesus heals, then spreads, then grows into a driving wind.
1 day ago · The covenant of the new Passover is sealed by the fire of the new Pentecost. It is a fire that burns but does not destroy. The tongues of fire are rich in meaning and mission. The fire is once again given as a purification and a bestowal of zeal for a mission of announcing the saving message of liberation and covenant in Jesus Christ.
2 days ago · Speaking in St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope explained that the Holy Spirit’s “work in us is powerful, as symbolized by the signs of wind and fire,” but it is also gentle and “welcoming to all.”. “From the ‘upper room’ of this basilica, like the apostles, we too are being sent forth to proclaim the Gospel to all,” Pope Francis ...
3 days ago · For followers of Jesus, Pentecost is like a cosmic “To Be Continued” message. As a part of the Church calendar, it’s celebrated on the 50 th day after Easter (the pent in Pentecost comes from this designation of 50 days). Pentecost was originally a feast for God’s people in the Old Testament, also known as the Feast of Weeks, coming ...
2 days ago · Pentecost — one of the places in which the Church sees the basis of the sacrament of Confirmation — is a total person transforming event. Acts tells us that the Apostles in that Upper Room ran out of it like they were on fire in order to set the world on fire.
3 days ago · The Roman Catholic Church celebrates Pentecost (Acts 2:1-13) as a potent reminder that God continues to be close to his people. Albeit without the violent wind and tongues of fire, the Holy Spirit ...
5 days ago · Pentecost is a testament to the transformative power of the Holy Spirit’s ability to unite diverse peoples in love. In the Christian Bible, Acts 2 describes Jesus’ followers as experiencing a sound like a violent wind and seeing tongues of fire that rested upon them.
