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 ...

leaving the Upper Room strengthened by the Holy Spirit like the first disciples did on Pentecost. In his Message for the 23rd World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI called the Eucharist a “perpetual ...

Pentecost is the celebration of the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, the Holy Spirit, coming upon the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary gathered in the Upper Room. A strong, driving wind ...

“From the ‘Upper Room’ of this basilica ... marks the descent of the Holy Spirit. At the end of his Pentecost homily, Pope Francis prayed: “Come, Creator Spirit, enlighten our minds ...

Pentecost reframes power for a fearful church by recalling God’s purpose for those who receive his gift. We get a sense of that intent from who was in the upper room when the Spirit first fell ...

Before the Holy Spirit is poured out at Pentecost, he is first defined by ... In this discourse, delivered in the upper room on the eve of the crucifixion, and recorded only by John, there are ...

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 ...

Pentecost is the celebration of the person of the Holy Spirit coming upon the Apostles, Mary, and the first followers of Jesus, who were gathered together in the Upper Room. A “strong ...