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Typically, priests will wear red vestments on Pentecost, symbolic of the burning fire of God’s love and the tongues of fire that descended on the apostles.

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Suddenly, someone yells “Fire!” upon seeing the tongues of flame appear. You’re streaming out of the building, into the street, hollering loudly. Except the cries of your friends aren’t in ...

Unfortunately, human beings are a little too good at building those barriers right back up. On this Pentecost, God calls us to also venture into the uncertainty and discomfort of that in-between.

Unfortunately, human beings are a little too good at building those barriers right back up. On this Pentecost, God calls us to also venture into the uncertainty and discomfort of that in-between.

Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus, writes Gregory Elder.

Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus, writes Gregory Elder.

A former enclosed Carmelite nun recalls a powerful if quirky Pentecost custom from her years in the cloister It should not come as a surprise that a decade or more in the cloister leaves the monk ...

The main symbol for Pentecost is the colour red, which symbolises the tongues of fire of the Holy Spirit, as well as joy. Altars are adorned in this colour, and priests also wear red vestments.

A Homily for Pentecost, Year C, by Fr. Anthony SooHoo, S.J. Most of us are familiar with the traditional images of the Holy Spirit: the dove, the wind, the tongues of fire.