FAITH
BOOK
PENTECOST DAY
(B) May
19, 2024
ACTS 2: 1- 11; Psalm 104; I Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13; John 20: 19-33
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Jude Siciliano, OP
Mini reflections on the Sunday scripture readings designed for persons on the
run. “Faith Book” is also brief enough to be posted in the Sunday parish
bulletins people take home.
From
today’s Acts of the Apostles reading:
And
they were filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.
Reflection:
Look what happened very rapidly for the gathered disciples: the descent of the
Spirit upon them, the gift of tongues, Peter’s speech and the formation of the
Church. While the elders in the Hebrew Scriptures (1 Samuel 10:5 ff) spoke in
ecstatic speech under the impulse of God’s Spirit (“prophecy”), today we
celebrate Jesus’ Spirit empowering all in the fledgling church to speak to the
nations and to be understood by them.
So, we
ask ourselves:
Click
here for a link to this Sunday’s readings:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/pentecost-sunday-mass-during-day
FAITH BOOK ARCHIVE:
(The latest are always listed first.)
• PENTECOST •
• ASCENSION •
• EASTER VI •
• EASTER V •
• EASTER IV •
• EASTER III •