Posts Tagged 'Pentecost'

Homily – June 8th, 2025 – Pentecost

As I mentioned last weekend, the four gospel writers aren’t always on the same page, chronologically, when they write about the events of Jesus’ life including the timing of the great events of Ascension or Pentecost. In fairness to them, they are not primarily trying to give us an historical or a chronological account of Jesus’ life. They are attempting to convey spiritual truths about Jesus, truths that are meant to form us here and now, in 2025.

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Reflection – June 8th, 2025 – Pentecost

Today we celebrate Pentecost Sunday – the day considered to be the Church’s birthday. The readings focus on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, sent by the Father to empower believers to be witnesses of Christ. The focus is on the Holy Spirit’s presence and guidance in the lives of the apostles and, by extension, in the lives of all Christians. People from different nations were able to hear the apostles speaking in their own language. The Holy ...

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Reflection – May 11th, 2025 – 4th Sunday of Easter

…in the breaking of the bread

The Resurrection of Jesus is the central event in the life of the Church. It’s so important that we must spend 50 days celebrating it, right up until the Feast of Pentecost (June 8th this year). One of the classic “Resurrection stories” is the stories we’ve tentatively titled: The Disciples on the Road to Emmaus (Lk. 24: 13-35). In this story the resurrected Lord appeared to two dejected disciples who were on the way to ...

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Homily – May 19th, 2024 – Pentecost Sunday

The Church’s prayer for 2, 000 years has been, “Come, Holy Spirit.” The Spirit’s answer in all that time has never changed, “I am here. I have always been here.” This story comes from an autobiographical novel by Bryce Courtenay called The Power of One. It reminds me of Pentecost.

It takes place in South Africa in the late 1930s. It starts off with an emphasis on a little boy who is 6 years old, and he is an English boy. ...

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