Pentecost is a great feast. The Church’s birthday, and ours too, in a sense. Pentecost gives us a share in the Paschal Mystery. Easter without Pentecost would not be a victory over death for us.
Here’s something to celebrate the power of the Spirit.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Spirit we may be ever truly wise and enjoy His consolations, through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Wow! This made me cry, what a wonderful example of love and charity!
My brother in law has severe autism and epilepsy which has left him unable to speak, however he often hums the tune ” Jesus loves the little children”, a song his parents used to sing to him as a child, it is his expression of his childlike faith, nonetheless burning brightly!