We're celebrating one of the greatest feasts of the church year and all we have for evidence of it is a short account from the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles, also called the second volume of ...

Just picture it. Luke describes a motley group of disciples so impassioned with their sudden empowerment for mission that people thought they were tipsy. The disciples themselves were awed by the fact ...

As part of the Trinity of God, the Holy Spirit plays a vital part in the lives of Christians. After Jesus died, rose and ascended back to heaven, the Holy Spirit was poured out on His Apostles. The ...

Light shines through the Holy Spirit window in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this file photo. (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec) The church is slowly reviving a treasure of the past, the Pentecost ...

Having been instructed by the Lord and commissioned by him, the Church is now anointed by the Holy Spirit to give witness to the ends of the earth of the greatness of God and his saving love. The apse ...

This Sunday is the feast of Pentecost, fifty days from Passover (hence the name), in the Jewish calendar the festival of Shavuot ('weeks'), one of the three great pilgrim festivals (with Passover and ...

Pentecost, also known as Whitsun, is a Christian festival which always falls 50 days after Easter and is a time when ...

Sunday, May 23, is Pentecost Sunday. Mass Readings: Acts 2:1-11, 39-40; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-32, 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 or Galatians 5:16-25; John 20:19-23 or John 15:26-27, 16:12-15. This is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Religious symbol of Pentecost Months after Easter, many Christians celebrate the day of Pentecost. If you're scratching your head ...

In Exodus, skilled craftsmen were needed to build the tabernacle, the earthly dwelling of God. In passages 35:4-40:33, God ...

Pentecost 2026 falls on Sunday, May 24th. The public holiday Whit Monday will be observed on May 25th. However, although many people enjoy the long weekend, few know what the Christian festival is ...

Sunday is Pentecost, a day many mark as the beginning of the Christian church. The Book of Acts in the New Testament of the Bible tells the story of a gathering in Jerusalem, not long after the ...