Cardinal Robert W. McElroy confirms a young adult during a June 8 Pentecost Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. He told those whom he confirmed at the Mass that they are ...

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.

Shavuot, while not explicitly a day of forgiveness in the same way as Yom Kippur, is a time for reflection, spiritual renewal ...

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 ...

User’s Guide to Pentecost. User’s Guide to Pentecost. A Service of EWTN News, Inc. ... The Lord Jesus said to the apostles, “I have come to cast a fire on the earth” (Luke 12:49).

Many see the first Pentecost as the foundation of the modern church as we know it. It was because of the Holy Spirit that Jesus’s disciples were able to spread the word of God through different ...

The church acknowledges three creeds: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene-Constantinople Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

Like the resurrected Christ, the disciples at Pentecost are the same, yet different. Peter is still Peter the fisherman from Galilee, but now Peter gives powerful witness to Jesus, the risen Christ.

We would never flip a coin on such important things. And yet, in the Bible, people did just that. You actually see them ...