Once a mother asked her son about his sunday school. The son said, "The priest said that we don't need to be afraid. We are all going to get our quilt". When the mother who was confused, met the priest and asked about the sunday school lesson and the priest said, "The lession is be not afraid. The comforter is coming".
Once a priest decided to do something different for Pentecost becuase it is about the Holy Spirit. Dove is a symbol of the Spirit. So he asked a little boy to go up to the choir lot and throw down a pigeon while he was saying, "Down came the Spirit". The priest said three times, "Down came the Spirit". But nothing happened. Finally, there came a small voice from the choir lot, "The cat ate the bird. Shall I throw down the cat?"
Today the Holy Catholic Church-the Mother Church celebrates Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost means fiftieth day. Fifty days after the glorious Resurrection of Christ our Lord, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit as tongues of fire on the Apostles and on all who believed in the Risen Christ.
1. After His glorious Resurrection, the Messiah appeared to His believers for forty days and on the fortieth day, in the presence of all His believers, He was taken up to heaven. While He was with them, He said, "Do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift that my Father promised. For John baptized with water, but in few days, you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus words were fulfilled on the day of Pentecost. The disciples of Christ were all filled with the Holy Spirit and the apostle Peter preached his first sermon, urging the crowd to repent and believe in Christ Jesus. On the day of Pentecost about three thousand people were baptized and became people of God.
2. Once Mother Teresa was asked by a visitor, "Mother, by the way. "Is not hard to learn the language of these people whom you are serving?" Mother Teresa said, "No...Not at all. We communicate with our hearts, with our smile and with our faith".
When the Holy Spirit came upon them, the Apostles began to speak in many languages. Everyone understood them perfectly. They talked to them the purpose of God sending His only Son. Thus they all experienced healing and wonder of Christ our Lord.
3. Once a teacher asked her school children to name the gift they possessed from the Holy Spirt. Everybody discovered their gifts except one boy. The teacher asked him, "Joe, don't you have any gift?" The boy aid, " I am not going to be worried about it right now because I have enough patience".
Conclusion: We are all blessed with many gifts from the Holy Spirit-the comforter, the life giver, the advocate and the mover of life. When we use our gifts, they will be multiplied into million fold. Yes, as we use the gifts of the Holy Spirit to improve ourselves and others, every day becomes Pentecost. Let us celebrate Pentecost every day. Amen.
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