On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.

When kings, priests, or prophets were anointed, the olive oil used to anoint ... comes up from the water and the Holy Spirit descends on him like a dove, and the Father says: “This is my beloved ...

ask from where the dove brought the olive leaf, and Rabbi Levi says it was from the Mount of Olives, since the flood did not affect Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel). This is what the Holy One ...

Thanks for joining our Bible study. Here is how “birds” became this week’s topic. While I was at church, the video screen showed a dove representing the Holy Spirit. Then immediately ...

The olive branch thus became a symbol of peace and friendship. The dove is also the symbol of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, a sign of peace, strength and purity in Christian iconography.

This Friday, she’ll have the holy spirit in her hands serving as this year’s dove bearer in the annual Epiphany celebration. “It’s a symbolism but I truly believe the holy spirit does come ...

Lotz explains in her book about several misconceptions like the Holy Spirit being a dove, a flame of fire, or an "it," but the Bible calls him a person, like Jesus, but invisible. "I think some of ...

What does all of this have to do with the Holy Spirit? Isn’t the third Person of the Holy Trinity represented as a gentle dove (as in Jesus’ baptism by John, in Matthew 3:16)? Not always.