In this month dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus, as I file away a meditation for a most ancient novena for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, I prepare for June 27, the last Friday of the ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV calls us to be a Church that builds bridges, embraces dialogue and reaches out with love to all. On this Pentecost day, let’s pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon this nation.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

More than 1,000 copies of the book accompanying a course titled Pilgrimage to Pentecost have been ... of Southwark praying for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the archdiocese.

Then came Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. What had before been only a doctrine now became a living reality. Fear gave way to boldness, weakness to strength, and inertia to the ...

One of the things as a faithful person that I find the most difficult to do is check my ego and desire to “control” so much and rather just invite the Holy Spirit to express herself in ways I ...

To the skeptical, the “other tongues” sounded like gibberish, but the faithful found special meanings in the spontaneous outpouring ... Pentecost: “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and ...