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

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 ...

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." ...

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 ...