Msgr. Joseph Prior explains how Pentecost marked the Church’s beginning — a moment of divine action, spiritual unity, and mission in the world.

Say “Holy ... Pentecost calls us to embrace: a season of newness, new life and movement guided by the Spirit. Most of us are familiar with the traditional images of the Holy Spirit: the dove ...

Two masterpieces, centuries apart, reflect a theological insight centuries old: Mary was given not only to John, but to the ...

Throughout the Old Testament, God pours out his holy anointing upon those who have been washed with water to receive a fuller outpouring ... saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and ...

But the Holy Spirit has no face. Like God the Father, he is pure spirit, absolute intellect. The flames of fire or the dove wings, which we call to mind on his behalf, do not emotionally ignite ...

94 On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit, 95 a promise which he fulfilled first on Easter Sunday and then more strikingly at Pentecost. 96 Filled with the Holy Spirit ...

“We love this feast of Pentecost for the reason of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the start of the church. So, it’s the people coming together and fellowshipping with one ...

But according to Messianic Rabbi Kirt Schneider, the true roots of Pentecost go much deeper—back to the Torah and the appointed Feast of Shavuot. “Pentecost is not first a Christian holy day ... wind ...

The word Pentecost comes from the Greek pentēkostē, meaning "fiftieth." It commemorates the moment when Christ, having risen and ascended, fulfilled his promise by sending the Holy Spirit upon the ...

This powerful moment fulfilled Christ's promise that the Holy Spirit would come after His ascension. In the days leading up to Pentecost, the disciples devoted themselves to prayer and reflection.