Pentecost: The Spirit That Births the Church

Holy Spirit enlivens Church, preaches Pope on Pentecost

On the feast of Pentecost, Pope Francis focused his homily and Angelus address on the work of the Holy Spirit in guiding and giving life to the Church.

Pentecost: The Spirit That Births the Church

Growing up in the Korean Presbyterian Church, I never heard the word “Pentecost.” For me, every Sunday was the same: Sunday School, worship and fellowship with Korean food. The only difference was on Easter and Christmas, when the sanctuary came alive with vibrant decorations and larger celebratory Korean meals featuring delicious meats, rice, noodles, banchan and rice cakes. For many Korean churches, the church calendar doesn’t hold as much mea…

The Day of the First fruits - Searchlight

“And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.....And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” Acts 2:1-2, 4. The above verses are...

Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner

IMMERSED as I am at the moment in all things Arthurian, I am struck by the special significance that Pentecost seems to have in the early narratives. There is clearly something about the feast of Pentecost which our forebears found especially reso...