O Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Category: Pentecost Sunday
The Roots of Pentecost Sunday
Do you know the origins of Pentecost? For Catholics, it signals the end of the Easter Season. But did you know Pentecost is very much rooted in Judaism?
Continue reading “The Roots of Pentecost Sunday”Oh What a Beautiful Sunday
Today is Pentecost Sunday. It is also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun. Pentecost Sunday is a movable celebration in that it falls 50 days after Easter. Since Easter is moveable based in part on Passover as well as the cycle of the moon, all Christian Holy Days linked to Easter are also moveable, such as Ash Wednesday or Good Friday.
Continue reading “Oh What a Beautiful Sunday”Pentecost Sunday – Alleluia!
Pentecost Sunday is the last day of the Easter Season. Tomorrow we begin second phase of Ordinary Times. The Church calendar begins on the First Sunday of Advent, four Sundays before Christmas. Advent Season marks the start of a new Church year and is the first Major Season of the cycle. It is followed by Christmas, the second Major Season. The third is Lent, and the last of the four seasons is Easter. Between the Major Seasons are Ordinary Times.
Continue reading “Pentecost Sunday – Alleluia!”Pentecost Sunday Supper
Pentecost, like Easter, is a moveable feast. Pentecost is dependent upon Easter. While Easter falls on the first Sunday after the March Equinox of March 21, Pentecost Sunday occurs fifty days after Easter Sunday. Confused? Don’t be.
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