One place where we can see expression of this is in art. The work of Thai artist Sawai Chinnawong, for example, gives a glimpse into the renewing presence of the Holy Spirit in other settings around ...

These two, with Sukkot, the “Feast of Booths,” were the three pilgrimage festivals of ancient Judaism. The Book of Exodus ...

But Pentecost was the dawning of the Age of the Holy Spirit, who will be at work in this ... This mystery is depicted in art by the Portuguese painter, Pedro Alexandrino de Carvalho (1729-1810).

In an upper room above those streets, the Book of Acts tells us, disciples of Jesus, recently crucified, cowered. Yet, filled ...

The first novena ever prayed is the Pentecost Novena, or the Novena to the Holy Spirit. This year, it begins on Friday, May 19, and concludes on Saturday, May 27. Catholics worldwide often recite ...

Pentecost refers to the event recorded in Acts 2 where the Holy Spirit descended upon the early followers of Jesus in Jerusalem empowering them to proclaim the Gospels.

“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Pentecost reframes ...

In his homily on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit gives Christians “the energy born of fidelity to the truth” to “tirelessly proclaim peace to those who desire war ...

In the final words of the Gospel we have just heard, Jesus says something that can offer us hope and make us think. He tells his disciples: “The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name ...