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God’s Mighty Deeds in Many Languages
- On June 8th, 2025, the Feast of Weeks, also known as Pentecost, was observed as a holy day by Yahweh's people to remember a historic event in Jerusalem.
- This feast follows a 50-day count starting after the weekly Sabbath in the week of Unleavened Bread and commemorates Israel's covenant at Mt. Sinai and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
- At Pentecost, the disciples gathered in one place, were filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke in many languages, and amazed Jewish onlookers from various regions who heard their native tongues.
- The biblical account in Acts 2 describes a mighty rushing wind and tongues of fire touching each disciple, empowering them as Jesus had promised to send the Advocate, the Holy Spirit.
- This event marks the birth of the church and calls followers to spread the Gospel across barriers, inspiring unity, courage, and transformation in the faith community worldwide.
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Across the Pastor's Desk: Sung by flaming tongues above - Albert Lea Tribune
Across the Pastor’s Desk by Henry Burt This Sunday begins the season of Pentecost. Henry Burt In Acts 2 we read of the disciples gathered in Jerusalem, whereupon “tongues of fire which spread out and touched each person” caused them to speak many different languages. The Jewish onlookers, those who came from many different regions of the Middle East and beyond, were amazed that the disciples — who only knew their native region of Galilee — spoke…
God’s Mighty Deeds in Many Languages
by Father Jean-Pierre Ruiz I know I am not the only person — surely not the only biblical scholar — for whom this Sunday’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles recalls another biblical text, a passage from the book of Genesis. It is all but impossible for me to read about what transpired on that spectacular Pentecost in Jerusalem without thinking about the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. There we read about the momentous encounter be…
Pentecost: The Descent of the Holy Spirit and the Birth of the Church
Christians around the world will celebrate Pentecost this Sunday, commemorating the coming of the Holy Spirit 50 days after Easter. As the third most significant feast in Christianity—after Easter and Christmas—Pentecost marks the culmination of the Easter season. Its name derives from the Greek word pentékosté, meaning ‘fiftieth’. According to a statement from the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (MKPK), Pentecost represents the crowning …
Pentecost: The Spirit That Births the Church
Growing up in the Korean Presbyterian Church, I never heard the word “Pentecost.” For me, every Sunday was the same: Sunday School, worship and fellowship with Korean food. The only difference was on Easter and Christmas, when the sanctuary came alive with vibrant decorations and larger celebratory Korean meals featuring delicious meats, rice, noodles, banchan and rice cakes. For many Korean churches, the church calendar doesn’t hold as much mea…
Mass Readings for June 8, 2025
Acts 2:1-11 Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 Acts 2:1-11 (1) And when the days of Pentecost were completed, they were all together in the same place (2) And suddenly, there came a sound from heaven, like that of a wind approaching violently, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting (3) And there appeared to them separate tongues, as if of fire, which settled upon each one of them (4) And they we…
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