About this episode
This episode discusses the significance of Pentecost and the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church and its disciples.
Dominica Pentecostes 23 & 24 May 2026 The Easter Season concludes today with one of the greatest solemnities of our faith, the Solemnity of Pentecost. As a term, “Pentecost” refers to the “fiftieth day”. There is a Jewish feast of Pentecost, more commonly called Shavuot (or the Feast of Weeks), that falls fifty days after the Jewish Passover. Our Christian observance of Pentecost does not celebrate the same thing as the Jewish Pentecost, but it falls roughly around the same time in the calendar since our Pentecost is the fiftieth day after Easter. Pentecost celebrates the descent of the promised Holy Spirit filling the Church and disciples, both in ancient times and now, with God’s gifts for mission. The practical implication for us is that Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit to dwell within us in order to make us alive as disciples and to give us a responsibility for the mission of sharing the Good News of salvation and a shared responsibility for the Church, especially as lived here at our parish. Grasping the presence of the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, and grasping how one describes the Holy Spirit is rather elusive. When it comes to God…
People in this episode
Host: Father Stephen Hamilton
Topics covered
- Pentecost
- Holy Spirit
- Christianity
- Easter Season
- Discipleship
- Mission
- Faith
Keywords
- Pentecost
- Holy Spirit
- Christian faith
- Easter
- discipleship
- mission
- salvation
- Shavuot
- God the Father
- God the Son
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