Pentecost Sunday "Come, Holy Spirit! "

 

“ Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love; you who in diversity of all  the languages, bring together all the peoples of  faith in unity, alleluia.”

-First Vespers Pentecost Magnificat Antiphon

When the day of Pentecost came,
And suddenly there came from the sky
 a noise like a strong driving wind,
   and it filled the entire house in which they were.

Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
   which parted and came to rest on each one of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. (Acts 2:1)

What future is God calling forth from us as we carry on with our various apostolates in this time of the pandemic?  We are admonished not to worry for the Holy Spirit will direct us on how to proceed with our work, despite our weaknesses. We yearn for a new phase in life to turn our conflicts, difficulties and sufferings into signs of hope and peace.  Let us thank the Holy Spirit for all the graces He has already given us. Let us make room for the Holy Spirit to recreate us that we may resume with greater commitment the mission that the Lord has entrusted to us in this time of pandemic and post-pandemic.  - M. Maoro Sye

 

  And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you.  I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. (John 14: 16-19)