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May 31, 2020 · Pentecost 2020 Homily. On this Pentecost Sunday the Church is called to reflect on the gift of the Holy Spirit imparted to His disciples on the night of His Resurrection. Jesus gave them the gift of peace and breathed on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
May 31, 2020 · Pentecost Sunday marks the end of the first novena. Pentecost (Whitsunday), with Christmas and Easter, ranks among the great feasts of Christianity.
May 31, 2020 · Here is the full text of Pope Francis' Pentecost Sunday homily, delivered May 31, 2020, at the Basilica of St. Peter, and checked against delivery. "There are different kinds of spiritual...
May 31, 2020 · SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST. HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS. Solemnity of Pentecost. Vatican Basilica. Sunday, 31 May 2020. [ Multimedia] “There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit” ( 1 Cor 12:4), as the Apostle Paul writes to the Corinthians.
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The evangelist John has no fear of recalling the “closed doors” behind which the disciples found themselves imprisoned by fear. Being behind closed doors certainly did not allow their enemies to gain entrance, but it also did not allow them to go out. At first it might seem to be a situation that may have made them feel safe, at peace. In the long ...
Fear is a symptom of not understanding that what had happened was part of God’s plan of salvation. Yet, Jesus “enters” through those doors, he breaks through their fear with His love, He touches with His peace those who were imprisoned by their fears. He does not rebuke them, nor does He ask for explanations. He already knows everything anyway. Wha...
There is another passage that is worth being emphasized. After having “showed himself to them”, Jesus “sends” the disciples. These same fearful disciples, closed behind the doors of their apparent security, are now “sent” to testify to what they had seen and touched. For fear, suspicion and timidity are overcome in going out toward others, in becom...
Come, Holy Spirit, come! And from your celestial home Shed a ray of light divine! Come, Father of the poor! Come, source of all our store! Come, within our bosoms shine. You, of comforters the best; You, the soul’s most welcome guest; Sweet refreshment here below; In our labor, rest most sweet; Grateful coolness in the heat; Solace in the midst of ...
What is Pentecost? On the Feast of Pentecost, Christians commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, gathered around the Mother of the Lord (Acts chapter 2). The feast is celebrated on the 50th and final day of the Easter season. In 2024, Pentecost falls on Sunday, May 19.
May 28, 2023 · In the Christian tradition, Pentecost is the celebration of the person of the Holy Spirit coming upon the Apostles, Mary, and the first followers of Jesus, who were gathered together in the Upper Room.
