The Birthday of the Church
Pentecost Sunday 2025
The Holy Ghost is often referred to as the “forgotten Person of the Trinity.” However, without Him we would have no Church. When Our Lord died on the Cross all the merits He won remained within Him, and it was only when He opened the gates of Heaven that all those merits could be shared with us. All that He won is dispensed to us during the visible reign of the Holy Spirit. Today the Church made its first physical appearance in the world. The Apostles gathered with the Virgin Mary in the Upper Room, where the first Mass had been offered, and prayed for nine days in preparation for the coming of the Holy Ghost. A miraculous wind drew crowds of thousands to the very first church. The appearance of the tongues of fire expressed the consuming fire of God’s love. The ultimate gift of the Holy Ghost is for each of us to be filled with the very love God has for Himself.
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