Then came Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. What had before been only a doctrine now became a living reality. Fear gave way to boldness, weakness to strength, and inertia to the ...

In the Gospel of John the function of the Holy Spirit after Pentecost receives its definitive treatment in the New Testament. No serious study of the Holy Spirit in the Gospels can overlook this ...

After that, the living Jesus spent time with the apostles and promised to send the Holy Spirit to them, and ascended back into heaven. Pentecost is the day for Christians to remember the coming of ...

Pentecost, said Fr. Louis Cona of New York, is the "preeminent celebration of the Holy Spirit" — and is celebrated on Sunday, May 19, seven weeks after Easter. Cona is a priest of the Diocese of ...

The Holy Ghost appeared at times under the form of a dove, and again under the form of tongues of fire; for, being a pure spirit without ... is called Whitsunday, or Pentecost.

The symbol of the Holy Spirit that comes to mind the most is ... That event took place at Pentecost when the disciples received the ability to speak in foreign languages they had not learned ...

A seal is a symbol of a person ... of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost. 1303 From this fact, Confirmation brings ...

The Holy Spirit is the third part ... of its mission to the world. Pentecost is a festival of celebration and the church is often decorated in red as a symbol of the “tongues of fire”.