A bird or a flame. Traditionally, these are the most common images used as metaphors for the Holy Spirit. The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by ...

Say “Holy Spirit,” and most imagine a dove or tongues of fire gently descending. But the Celts envisioned something wilder: a goose in flight—honking across the sky, untamed and impossible ...

Fr. Daniel P. Horan notes that "Holy Spirit atheism" has real and practical consequences. We need to remember the Lord, the giver of life, he says.

“The Spirit is the dove of peace who calms us, the gift giver who equips us, the river of living water who flows out of us to refresh the world.” Max Lucado – “Help Is Here” ...

The Holy Spirit is the breath of God in us. He breathes on his apostles and gives them the ability to forgive sins. He breathes on us, too, and we also become his representatives. “For in one ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Every year, a girl from St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral’s choir is selected to be the dove bearer at the Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs. This year, the dove bearer ...

Anne Graham Lotz, whose father, the late Evangelist Billy Graham, called "the best preacher in the family," discusses the comfort of the Holy Spirit in her first book since his passing.

All the sacraments “work” because the Holy Spirit works in them. Today’s First Reading is illustrated by the great Spanish painter, El Greco (1541-1614).

The Rev. Skip Heitzig stressed the importance of the Holy Spirit at the European Congress on Evangelism, hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, in Berlin, Germany, on May 27-30, 2025.