by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest,
And in our hearts take up Thy Rest;
Come with Thy Grace and Heavenly Aid
To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. …
O Comfort Blessed, to Thee we cry,
Now Heavenly Gift of God Most High;
Thou Fount of Life, and Fire of Love,
And Sweet Anointing from Above ….”
“Come Holy Ghost,” by Louis Lambillotte, S.J. (1796-1855), performed by “The Singing Nuns”
“What a wondrous and challenging feast we celebrate at Pentecost! A feast like this challenges us because it puts to the lie a lazy, sleepy, hidden, and tepid Christian life. The Lord Jesus said to Apostles, and still says to us, I have come to cast a fire on the earth (Luke 12:49). This is a feast about fire, a transformative, refining, purifying fire that the Lord wants to kindle in us and in this world. It is about a necessary fire. For as the Lord first judged the world by fire, the present heavens and the earth are reserved for fire. Because it is going to be the fire next time, we need the tongues of Pentecost fire to fall on us to set us on fire and bring us up to the temperature of glory.”
“This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. …”
“The giving of the Spirit to the new people of God crowns the mighty acts of the Father in salvation history. …”