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 ...

Traditionally, these are the most common images used as metaphors ... we are told that "the holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove." The latter, more pyrotechnic metaphor ...

and the Holy Spirit depicted as a dove between their heads, framed by a halo. The Trinitarian image seen most frequently in the Eastern Church, though, is different. In Eastern Orthodox ...

Celebrated in the period of Pentecost, Christian residents celebrate on what they believe is the coming of the Holy Spirit on ... Eraldo Peres/AP.) The image of a dove decorates the pole of ...