Many years ago I was the interim pastor at a small church and was free to celebrate Pentecost without regard to that congregation’s tradition. We decided that it would be confirmation day for the ...

“Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest” is the joyous hymn on the feast of Pentecost just celebrated. The Holy Spirit is the most enigmatic Person of the Trinity, but Fr.

Before the cardinals entered the conclave to select the next pope, they first celebrated a special Mass. Then they chanted the “Veni, Sancte Spiritus” (Come Holy Spirit) as they paraded into the ...

Pentecost is the definitive gift of the Holy Spirit. What do I mean by “definitive?” It is the final, fullest outpouring of the Spirit. God’s Spirit has been active in the world from the start.

The long-awaited papal conclave in Rome officially began when the cardinals chanted an ancient hymn, called Veni, Sancte Spiritus. One of the most solemn of Catholic chants, it is used infrequently, ...

This is a homily exploring what the church imagines on Pentecost Sunday. The names for the Spirit from "Veni Sancte Spiritus" should be read with good pauses between. Pentecost is the last of the ...

In the time between the celebrations of Easter and Pentecost, an interim of 49 days, it is my privilege as bishop to travel southern Colorado over the western slope and administer the sacrament of ...

Everything that can be identified as a Christian truth is somehow a derivative of a central truth that we were created to live forever in personal communion with God. The revelation of our purpose was ...

“The Advocate, the Holy Spirit … will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you” (John 14:26). Acts 14:5-18; Jn 14:21-26 The Easter Season ends on June 5, 2022, with Pentecost. The ...