There are three common symbols of the Holy Spirit which are wind, fire, and the dove. This is the story … ...

The white dove then appeared to Noah with an olive branch in its mouth so Noah knew that the waters had receded. But it's also a symbol of the Holy Spirit; the olive branch is a metaphor for peace.

Traditionally, these are the most common images used as metaphors for the Holy Spirit. The ornithological ... posters and banners adorned with white doves and floating flames of fire to the ...

The white is symbolic of the dove of the Holy Spirit and typical of the vestments that catechumens desiring baptism wear on that day. An Italian Pentecost tradition is to scatter rose leaves from ...

On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.