Pentecost is the perfect time to pause and reflect on the Holy Spirit, perhaps the most mysterious Person of the Triune God.

The three symbols of the Holy Spirit in the Bible and what they meanThere are three common symbols of the Holy Spirit which ...

“The point of my going away is that immeasurably more will open up. If I don’t go, the Holy Spirit won’t come,” says Jesus, ...

The word Pentecost comes from the Greek pentēkostē, meaning "fiftieth." It commemorates the moment when Christ, having risen ...

In this way, Christ himself is the new wine. Nevertheless, Pentecost was not the first instance a crowd criticized the Eucharist. Instead of scoffing, many disciples “murmured” and “drew back and no ...

WORD ALIVEOnce an archbishop was discussing Christianity with a learned Japanese writer. The writer told the archbishop, ...

We read in the Acts of the Apostles, when the day of Pentecost had come, they were together in one place. Suddenly there came ...

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 ...

Next week, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season ...

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 ...

The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range ...