When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together ... All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:1-4) ...

have received "the seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit" in the sacrament of chrismation. Pentecost has happened to us. Blessed art Thou, O Christ our God, who hast revealed the fishermen as most wise ...

The first novena ever prayed is the Pentecost Novena, or the Novena to the Holy Spirit. This year, it begins on Friday, May 27, and concludes on Saturday, June 4. Catholics worldwide often recite ...

Traditionally, the Church prays the novena to the Holy Spirit in the days before Pentecost. The name of the day itself is derived from the Greek word “pentecoste,” meaning 50th. There is a ...

The Holy Spirit ... entrances of the Spirit. These are associated with those areas of our lives still resistant to the Spirit. T. S. Eliot called “Little Gidding” his Pentecost poem.

Which is why I find myself perplexed this year as I (re)consider the annual “Pentecost is the church’s birthday ... All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, ...