Earthly Easter: Finding Resurrection in Spring’s Sacred Renewal
As April unfurls its tender green leaves and May adorns our world with blossoms, I find myself drawn to my garden like a pilgrim to…
Pentecost
Reflecting on the Holy Spirit’s Guidance This Pentecost
On May 19 this year, we’ll celebrate the birthday of the Catholic Church: Pentecost. Several thousand years ago, the third person of the Holy Trinity…
How to Celebrate Pentecost Sunday
The Church is alive. We — you and me and all of us who dare to call Jesus “Lord” — are the living Body of Christ on earth. We are the hands of Christ reaching out to comfort, to heal, to feed, to sacrifice for those in bondage.
How to Unwrap the Gifts of the Spirit this Pentecost
On Pentecost Sunday, God breathed the Holy Spirit into the apostles to remind them that they were not alone. Jesus had died, risen from the…
How Pentecost Connects Me To My Community
There’s a woman I often used to see at church. She has blue eyes, curly white hair, and a pale pink cardigan that’s her favorite…
Pentecost: The Soul’s Most Welcome Guest
I await the Feast of Pentecost each year with anticipation, hoping to feel God’s presence. Putting on a red sweater, the color of the day,…
What Are the Gifts of the Holy Spirit?
We usually talk about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit during Pentecost, the feast we celebrate 50 days after Easter when the Holy Spirit descended…
I’m Catholic and I Speak in Tongues
For many Catholics, the practice of speaking in tongues can feel like unfamiliar (and—if we’re honest—pretty uncomfortable) territory. The idea of foreign sounds emitting from…
#359-How can we believe in something we cannot prove?
How can we believe in something we cannot prove? Question begins at 10:07. Check out our Pentecost in 2 Mins. video on bustedhalo.com. 05-16-13.
Tongues of Flame
Several years ago my family and I took a trip to the Southwest so I could do some research for a book I was writing…
