Saturday
4:00 p.m. Payne
Sunday
8:30 a.m. Paulding
10:30 a.m. Paulding
This weekend we celebrate Pentecost! Here are 5 things to know about this important feast day:
1. PENTECOST IS THE CHURCH’S BIRTHDAY
Pentecost is the very beginning of the Church’s mission to the world. After the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, the apostles were filled with fear. But on Pentecost, something changed. The Holy Spirit descended like fire (cf. Acts 2:1–4), giving them boldness to preach.
2. IT IS CELEBRATED 50 DAYS AFTER EASTER
The word Pentecost means “fiftieth.” It falls exactly 50 days after Easter Sunday. Originally, it was a Jewish harvest festival known as Shavuot. But God chose this day to send His Spirit, marking a new kind of harvest, of souls.
3. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS POWERFUL
Before Pentecost, Peter denied Jesus. After Pentecost, he preached to thousands. The same Spirit who turned fishermen into fearless witnesses is available to us today through Baptism and Confirmation.
4. RED IS THE LITURGICAL COLOR OF THE DAY
The priest wears red vestments for Pentecost. This color symbolizes both the fire of the Holy Spirit.
5. WE STILL RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TODAY
Pentecost isn’t just a one-time event from the past, it’s a mystery we live. Each Confirmation is a personal Pentecost. Each time we pray, “Come, Holy Spirit,” we’re inviting the same divine fire into our lives.
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When he entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself,
with the soldier who was guarding him.
Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews.
When they had gathered he said to them, "My brothers,
although I had done nothing against our people
or ou...
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