A bird or a flame. Traditionally, these are the most common images used as metaphors for the Holy Spirit. The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by ...

They saw what seemed to be individual flames of fire alighting on each one of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them to ...

Christians celebrated the Feast of Pentecost, when we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ followers when he ...

I resonate with all three, but the Holy Spirit is how I best understand God — an unseen, mysterious and powerful presence. We invite you to celebrate Pentecost at Westminster at 9:30 a.m. Sunday ...

On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit — whom Jesus Christ promised to send at his Ascension — burst into the upper room “like a strong driving wind” where his Apostles and ...

The Holy Spirit might be called the “faceless God,” though we do not say that because it denigrates. We see the face as the portal to the soul, even if we sometimes fail to read what truly ...

In his homily on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit gives Christians “the energy born of fidelity to the truth” to “tirelessly proclaim peace to those who desire war ...

On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit — whom Jesus Christ promised to send at his Ascension — burst into the upper room “like a strong driving wind” where his Apostles and disciples were gathered.