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

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 ...

The Holy Spirit is like a dove. A dove can fly high or walk lightly ... integrity, and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. A friend of Pope Leo XIII and the teacher of St. Gemma Galgani ...

Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost. The oldest of our festivals, just the ...

Next week, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. Here's what you need to k ...

Remarkably, the three persons of the Trinity come into view with the mention of a dove; Jesus (the Son of God) comes up from the water and the Holy Spirit descends on him like a dove, and the ...

False doctrine is poison to the soul, and multitudes of people have been condemned for eternity after embracing lethal false doctrines ...

The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by John in the Jordan, we are told that "the holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove." ...

Jesus' baptism "is one of the most pivotal ... The Son is baptized in the Jordan River, the Holy Spirit descends like a dove and the Father's voice speaks from the heavens." This, he said, is ...

prophecies the New Testament Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him. See how Jesus’ baptism begins a picture-story in the New Testament about a Holy Spirit Mother in bodily ...