The Catholic feast of Pentecost actually has strong Jewish roots; religious obligations found in both Leviticus and Deuteronomy. This original Pentecost is an Old Testament agricultural feast where ...

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 ...

I once asked a friend of mine when she had gotten married. She said, "We were married from the moment we decided that we would spend the rest of our lives building up our love. Our wedding celebrated ...

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 ...

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 ...

Next to Easter and Christmas, Pentecost is the Church’s most important feast. That’s true not just for the liturgical calendar, but for our spiritual lives. Christmas marks Christ’s coming in the ...

On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit — whom Jesus Christ promised to send at his Ascension — burst into the upper room “like a strong driving wind” where his Apostles and disciples were gathered. Appearing ...

Pentecost let everyone hear the gospel in their first language. Bible translators work to give others that intimate experience too. Pentecost reveals a God who understands that language is more than ...