'”By completing the poll, you agree to receive emails from LifeZette and that you've read and agree to our You can get it simply by calling 866-study-more, 866-study-more, that's 866-788-3966. In Russia, Mass goers often carry flowers or green branches during Pentecost services.At Catholic News Agency, our team is committed to reporting the truth with courage, integrity, and fidelity to our faith. But it is the ‘when’ as well as the ‘what’ of Pentecost that shows it is a Sign, a remarkable allusion … Continue reading "Pentecost – Why did it occur when it did?" Pentecost was thus the concluding festival of the grain harvest, just as the eighth day of Tabernacles was the concluding festival of the fruit harvest. If you'd like to save the postage and the weight, you can actually text to the number 40544. '”Scripture goes on to say, in Acts 2:9-12: “‘Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs — we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!’ Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, ‘What does this mean?
This count is for a purpose. The Holy Spirit, part of the Holy Trinity, counsels Christians in their walk with God.This weekend, Christians around the world celebrate through Pentecost the gift of this wise spirit from God to His children. The story of Pentecost is told in Acts 2. Credit: Paolo Gallo / Shutterstock. When you subscribe to the CNA UPDATE, we'll send you a daily email with links to the news you need.Here is the full text of Pope Francis' Pentecost Sunday homily, delivered May 31 at the Basilica...Without the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Christians lack that which animates them and gives them...More than 14,000 Catholics walked 62 miles from Paris to Chartres Cathedral in three days in an...Depiction of the Holy Spirit in St. Peter’s Basilica. The Bible teaches the following concerning how the Holy Spirit was involved with the … Pentecost always comes on a Sunday. It was called also the Feast of Weeks and later, the "fiftieth day" or Pentecost, and was primarily an agricultural festival. Pentecost was a day to celebrate the end of the grain harvest. “When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard his own language being spoken. The church, the body of Christ, began on the Day of Pentecost by the work of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost always occurs 50 days after the death and resurrection of Jesus, and ten days after his ascension into heaven. In the Old Testament, new Christians were first given the Holy Spirit as recorded in Acts 2:1-13. We provide news about the Church and the world, as seen through the teachings of the Catholic Church. The apostles and believers, for the first time, were united by a common language, and a common zeal and purpose to go and preach the Gospel.Typically, priests will wear red vestments on Pentecost, symbolic of the burning fire of God’s love and the tongues of fire that descended on the apostles.However, in some parts of the world, Pentecost is also referred to as “WhitSunday”, or White Sunday, referring to the white vestments that are typically worn in Britain and Ireland. Because Easter is a moveable feast without a fixed date, and Pentecost depends on the timing of Easter, Pentecost can fall anywhere between May 10 and June 13.The timing of these feasts is also where Catholics get the concept of the Novena - nine days of prayer - because in Acts 1, Mary and the Apostles prayed together “continuously” for nine days after the Ascension leading up to Pentecost.