In this month dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus, as I file away a meditation for a most ancient novena for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, I prepare for June 27, the last Friday of the ...

and other priests wearing red vestments to represent the fire of the Holy Spirit who descended upon the apostles on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Father invited those gathered in St. Peter’s ...

Last evening, Pope Leo joined 70,000 of them in St. Peter’s Square for a vigil of prayer, signing on the eve of Pentecost ... like a fire that illuminates us, the gift of the Holy Spirit ...

The word Pentecost comes from the Greek pentēkostē, meaning "fiftieth." It commemorates the moment when Christ, having risen and ascended, fulfilled his promise by sending the Holy Spirit upon the ...

Sunday, June 8, is Pentecost Sunday. Mass readings: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 ; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Romans 8:8-17; John 20:19-23 or John 14:15-16, 23b-26. Pentecost ...

The week ahead brings one of the great holy days kept by many Christian communities, Pentecost ... fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one. They were all filled with the Holy ...

tongues of fire appeared, and one sat upon each one of the Apostles. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as directed by the Spirit (Acts 2:1-4). This ...

During the Mass in St. Peter's, the pontiff spoke of the Holy ... the Pentecost account, taken from the Acts of the Apostles. Strength is demonstrated by the signs ‘of wind and fire, which ...