Pentecost Sunday, the conclusion of the Easter season, occurs 50 days after Easter Sunday. It marks the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and Mary.

The Holy Spirit is often depicted as a dove or flame. Pentecost Sunday, observed 50 days after Easter Sunday, is a celebration of the Holy Spirit's descent upon the apostles. (iStock) ...

The disciples are seated and standing about her, watching the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, as it appears in a ray of light above the Virgin. Monogram of Dürer, near left center.

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 ...

The first novena ever prayed is the Novena to the Holy Spirit. This year, it begins on Friday, May 19, and concludes on Saturday, May 27.

On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit — whom Jesus Christ promised to send at his Ascension — burst into the upper room “like a strong driving wind” where his Apostles and disciples were gathered ...

Driver: Pentecost is an Old Testament feast that was fulfilled. And the Book of Acts, Chapter two on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out in the upper room on the believers.

May 19, 2024, Pentecost Sunday: A critical test of faith is that Christ’s disciples understand one another. That is only possible through constant forgiveness and trust that the Spirit works ...

Pentecost is a favorite church holiday for me. Christians understand God in three different ways — God as creator, Jesus as God incarnate, and the Holy Spirit as an unseeable, but real, presence.

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 ...