Sermon/Meditation for the celebration of Pentecost Sunday The Third Person of the Trinity May 19 2024
Sermon/Meditation for the celebration of Pentecost Sunday, MAY 19, 2024 Acts 2:1-11; Ps.104; 1Cor.12:3b-7, 12-13; John 17:11b-19 _To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good_ (1Cor.12:7) Seek the Fruits not the signs of the Holy Spirit Today is so special that in the Catholic tradition, we do not come to this day without due preparation. For the past nine days, we have been involved in the Novena to the Holy Spirit. During the novena, we prayed to and for the Holy Spirit to renew, reinvigorate and rejuvenate us; we asked the Holy Spirit to do both new and greater things in and through us. However, today’s celebration offers us ample opportunity to reflect on the Holy Spirit especially in our relationship with this third person of the Blessed Trinity. What do we desire of the Holy Spirit? From the readings of today, we see that there are signs of the possession of the Holy Spirit, and there are the actual fruits of the Holy Spirit. Signs depict presence but...