Tag: Pentecost

The Psalm appointed for this Pentecost begins anew the revelation that God the Holy Spirit continues to reveal the gift of God’s steadfast love to the faithful through our hearing God’s Word. That may be remembered each year as we celebrate the fifth of the Great High Feasts of the Ancient Church. The Holy Spirit, working through God’s proclaimed and heard Word, brings forth from it all the meanings of His Name. This He does as the Word continues to be planted deep in people, like you, who hear it and believe it. …For more, click on the title above.

Today, we have arrived at the 50th day following the Church’s celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord. Ten days have passed since we remembered Christ in His ascension. We recall that He has placed His fully sanctified human flesh at the pinnacle of creation. As we are parts of His Body, we are there too….For more, click on the title above.

Fifty days have passed since our celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. According to ancient calendars brought into our day, this is the third great feast of the Church Year. In the Israelite tradition, Pentecost had been held 50 days, that is, seven weeks plus one day, after the wave offering of the barley sheaf during the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Lev. 23:15-16). It was also called the Feast of Harvest (Ex. 23:16; cf. 34:22) and, “The day of first fruits…“(Num. 28:26)….For more, click on the title above.