Feast of Pentecost

After the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, the disciples were waiting to receive the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem as were promised by Christ. Ten days after Ascension, the Holy Spirit descended as tongues of fire upon them. They were filled with grace and knowledge never known to them before. It is the knowledge that can only come from the Grace of the Holy Spirit himself.

In the Pentecost we have the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and are given from the Grace and Wisdom of God. It is no more God’s Law but God’s Grace which bestows His Wisdom on us.

“O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, who is present in all places and fills all, the treasury of good things and the Life-Giver, graciously come, and dwell in us and purify us from all defilement, O Good One, and save our souls.”

Quote: The Holy Spirit, for He is most wise and most loving, if He takes possession of a shepherd makes him a Psalmist, subduing evil spirits by his song, and proclaims him King; if he possess a goatherd and scraper of sycamore fruit, He makes him a Prophet. Call to mind David and Amos… If He takes possession of Fishermen, He makes them catch the whole world in the nets of Christ, taking them up in the meshes of the Word. Look at Peter and Andrew and the Sons of Thunder, thundering the things of the Spirit.

Quote Author: St. Gregory of Nazianzus – Oration XLI, On Pentecost

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