Pentecost is the third great festival in the Christian church year. Pentecost is the spreading of the “good news” of the ...

(verse 11). The gift of tongues is the miraculous ability to speak in a foreign language. According to Acts 10, the household of Cornelius spoke in tongues when the Holy Spirit came upon them.

According to those who defend speaking in tongues as a legitimate charismatic gift bestowed by the Holy Spirit, it is also a distinctive sign given to God’s Church as a fulfillment of divine ...

“The gift of tongues is a freeing of the personality ... s former flock met together to await the coming of the Holy Spirit. Bursts of laughter from a television set across the courtyard invaded ...

It was the reception of God’s gift for the sake of his mission. In his last promise to his disciples, Jesus said, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my ...

How can our hearts not be moved?” Archbishop Bernard Hebda asked the congregation at the Extended Vigil Mass of Pentecost ...

We read in the Acts of the Apostles, when the day of Pentecost had come, they were together in one place. Suddenly there came ...

I have no idea what he said, but it was a gift to be near him ... we Catholics believe the Holy Spirit speaks to those cardinals and guides their decision. I hope and pray that they listen ...

Pentecostal Christians associate the presence of the Holy Spirit with a discernible sign, such as speaking in tongues. The writer Anne Lamott, whose fiction and nonfiction books often explore ...