The first reading for Pentecost Day is Acts 2:1-11, the first Christian Pentecost. Jews already celebrated this day, calling it “Pentecost,” meaning “50” in Greek because it fell 50 days ...

User’s Guide to Pentecost. Sunday, June 8, is Pentecost Sunday. Mass readings: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 ; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Romans 8:8-17; John 20:19-23 or John ...

There are certain patterns that have come out of the experience of Pentecost in Acts 2, and we need to discover what these patterns are: 1. The first gift of the Holy Spirit is the gift of tongues.

Sunday is Pentecost, a day many mark as the beginning of the Christian church. The Book of Acts in the New Testament of the Bible tells the story of a gathering in Jerusalem, not long after the ...

Pentecost Whit Sunday. Acts 2.1-21 or Genesis 11.1-9; Psalm 104.26-end; Romans 8.14-17; John 14.8-17 [25-27] God, who as at this time taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the ...

This coming Sunday is the feast of Pentecost – a huge day in the Christian church, but probably the one that means least to those who are not church-goers.

The main event of Pentecost (the strong driving wind and tongues of fire) takes place in Acts 2:13, though the events immediately following (Peter’s homily, the baptism of thousands) continue ...