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

This Sunday is the feast of Pentecost, fifty days from Passover (hence the name), in the Jewish calendar the festival of ...

The symbol of the Holy Spirit that comes to mind the most ... Holy Spirit for the first time in Genesis 1:2 when the “Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters” from which God ...

"The Triune God", also known as the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are spoken about many times in the Bible. There are two symbols in the New Testament that are associated with the Holy Spirit ...

The Holy Spirit living in us and through us helps us to do the will of God. The Holy Spirit guides and convicts our hearts so we want to be more like Jesus. Genesis1:2, “Now the earth was ...

Dove: The dove is a widely recognized symbol of purity and innocence. The dove also stands for the Holy Spirit, and is a reminder of the presence of God during the baptism of Jesus and hovering ...

Daisy – "Mary's Flower of God" (Jesus) Periwinkle – "Virgin Flower", the blue color recalling her fullness of grace. Columbine – symbol of the dove of the Holy Spirit, Mary's overshadowing, indwelling ...

Pope Francis said Wednesday that confirmation is the sacrament in which Catholics are marked with a seal that solidifies their belonging to Christ through the Holy Spirit, who he said is God's ...

I need the reminder to rest. To pause and remember that praying “Come, Holy Spirit” begins by stopping to draw breath, in order to ask God to breathe the Spirit into the church and the world.

Mary and Joseph bring the newborn Jesus to the Temple, the holy place, the house of God. The presentation of ... the man whom the Holy Spirit promised would not die before seeing the Savior ...