The tune “Morecambe” is the standard setting for “Spirit of God, Descend Upon my Heart” (tune ascribed to Frederick Cook Atkinson, words to George Croly). No hymn has better expressed my heart’s ...

The Holy Spirit descended on the core group of disciples and the Mother of the Lord in the Upper Room—a once-in-history event.

Pentecost Sunday is a special day on the Christian liturgical calendar that marks the anniversary of when the Holy Spirit descended upon the early church, as documented in Acts 2:1-13. The Christian ...

Pentecost brings this truth to life. The Holy Spirit descended not as one flame, but as many tongues of fire, resting on each person individually-yet all rising and speaking as one Church. Pentecost ...

Like God the Father, he is pure spirit, absolute intellect. The flames of fire or the dove wings, which we call to mind on his behalf, do not emotionally ignite our imaginations.

Say “Holy Spirit,” and most imagine a dove or tongues of fire gently descending. But the Celts envisioned something wilder: a goose in flight—honking across the sky, untamed and impossible ...

It was on that day of the Jewish festival that the Disciples of Christ gathered in Jerusalem when suddenly the Holy Spirit descended upon them with the visible and audible signs of heavenly gifts. The ...

Pope Leo XIV was chosen by the Holy Spirit – breathing through the wounds of the world that longs for justice and unity.

As he came up out of the water, the heavens opened, the Holy Spirit descended like a dove, and a voice thundered from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you, I am well pleased” (Luke 3 ...