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AP PHOTOS: Brazil's Cavalhadas festival celebrates the Holy Spirit
The heartland Brazilian city of Pirenópolis is hosting its annual Cavalhadas festival, a Holy Spirit celebration where ...
Independent Catholic News2d
Gospel in Art: Pentecost Sunday - Receive the Holy Spirit
The word Pentecost comes from the Greek pentēkostē, meaning "fiftieth." It commemorates the moment when Christ, having risen ...
The Catholic Spirit3dOpinion
The Holy Spirit: What does he mean for us?
The Trinity is the most powerful entity in the universe. It is capable of doing anything and can fulfill any prayer request.
America Magazine4d
The Holy Spirit is more honking goose than gentle dove: A surprising Pentecost homily
On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.
Arlington Catholic Herald2d
The Spirit’s masterworks
In celebrating the great solemnity of Pentecost today, the church turns her mind to consider perhaps the most mysterious, and ...
National Catholic Reporter2y
How can we get to know the Holy Spirit — and what pronoun should we use?
He calls us to attend to how God continues to draw near as Spirit, but that we are too often caught unawares and miss. A painting on a Catholic church's ceiling depicts the Holy Spirit descending ...
The Washington Post1mon
In choosing a pope, cardinals will call on a partner: The Holy Spirit
Humans bring intelligence and logic, he said, and the Holy Spirit helps to bring that along. Many Catholics and non-Catholic Christians have different ways of understanding or describing it.