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 ...

Lotz explains in her book about several misconceptions like the Holy Spirit being a dove, a flame of fire, or an "it," but the Bible calls him a person, like Jesus, but invisible. "I think some of ...

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

The Holy Spirit is like a dove. A dove can fly high or walk lightly ... integrity, and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. A friend of Pope Leo XIII and the teacher of St. Gemma Galgani ...

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 ...

Remarkably, the three persons of the Trinity come into view with the mention of a dove; Jesus (the Son of God) comes up from the water and the Holy Spirit descends on him like a dove, and the ...

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." ...

Jesus' baptism "is one of the most pivotal ... The Son is baptized in the Jordan River, the Holy Spirit descends like a dove and the Father's voice speaks from the heavens." This, he said, is ...