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

The Holy Spirit reveals himself to each of us through signs that would appear to anyone else to be nothing more than ...

But it's also a symbol of the Holy Spirit; the olive branch ... doves were thought to bring rain. And to some California tribes, like the Miwok, the dove represented foolishness and naivete.

“I’m freezing,” the Holy Spirit High School senior lineman said. Broschard also never felt better. He and the rest of the Spartans withstood the rain and ... the Spartans dove head first ...

After the rain subsided, Noah used two species ... I didn’t! Furthermore, the dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit and hope in the secular world. In Noah’s case, the dove represents his family ...

Among these many and varied images for the presence and action of the Holy Spirit are breath of life, dove, gentle breeze, raging wind, fire, radiant light, comforter, guide, giver of gifts ...

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 ...

The white is symbolic of the dove of the Holy Spirit, and typical of the vestments that catechumens desiring baptism wear on that day. An Italian Pentecost tradition is to scatter rose leaves from ...

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." ...