CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The Spirit of the Lord Filled the Earth – A Homily for Pentecost” – Msgr. Charles Pope/ Archdiocese of Washington

File Image of Pentecost Stained Glass Window Design Drawing, adapted from image at loc.gov attributed to J. & R. Lamb Studios 1857

“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

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Pentecost Sunday – Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C.)

File Photo of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Catholic TV Mass for Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2017, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings] Your browser does not support iframes.

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST – BENEDICT XVI – REGINA CÆLI – St Peter’s Square – Sunday, 23 May 2010”

Pope Benedict XVI waving, adapted from .gov image

“Fifty days after Easter we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, in which we recall the Manifestation of the Power of the Holy Spirit, Who as Wind and as Fire descended upon the Apostles gathered together in the Upper Room, and enabled them to Preach the Gospel to all nations with courage (cf. Acts 2: 1-13). The Mystery of Pentecost, which

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The Holy Spirit: Pentecost” – EWTN

Stained Glass Window of Dove with Golden Rays and Dark Edging, Bernini's Gloria from Saint Peter's Basilica, adapted from image at cia.gov

“‘Through the Holy Spirit we are restored to paradise, led back to the Kingdom of heaven, and adopted as children, given confidence to call God “Father” and to share in Christ’s grace, called children of light and given a share in eternal glory.’ – St. Basil, De Spiritu Sancto ….”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Pentecost: The Gift of the Spirit” – Saint Augustine/ VaticanVa

File Image of Pentecost Stained Glass Window Design Drawing, adapted from image at loc.gov attributed to J. & R. Lamb Studios 1857

“… when the Spirit of Truth blows where He Wills (cf. Jn 3:8) the words of each nation become common in the mouth of the Church. Since that day Showers of Charisms and Streams of Blessings have watered every desert and every wilderness (cf. Is 35:6), for in order to renew the face of the earth (cf. Ps 103:30), ‘God’s

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