19/05/2024
May 19 | ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐:
1st Reading: Acts 2:1-11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
2nd Reading: Rom 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25
Gospel: Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15
๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ:
The word Pentecost derives from the Greek โฮ ฮตฮฝฯฮทฮบฮฟฯฯฮฎโ (Pentฤkostฤ), which means โ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐.โ It is the mark of Godโs new covenant and the ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐
๐๐จ๐ช๐จ.
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ:
The book of the Acts of the Apostles (cf. 2:1-11) recounts what happened in Jerusalem 50 days after the Pasch of Jesus. The disciples were gathered in the Upper Room, and the Virgin Mary was with them. The Risen Lord had told them to remain in the city until they had received the gift of the Spirit from on High. And this was revealed with a โsoundโ they suddenly heard coming from heaven, like the โrush of a mighty windโ that filled the house they were in (cf. v. 2). Thus, it concerns a real but also symbolic experience. Something that happened but also gives us a symbolic message for our whole life.
This experience reveals that the Holy Spirit is like a strong and freely flowing wind; that is, he brings us strength and brings us freedom: a strong and freely flowing wind. He cannot be controlled, stopped, nor measured; nor can his direction be foreseen. He cannot be understood within our human exigencies โ we always try to frame things โ he does not let himself be framed in our methods and our preconceptions. The Spirit proceeds from God the Father and from his Son Jesus Christ and bursts upon the Church; he bursts upon each one of us, giving life to our minds and our hearts. As the Creed states: he is โthe Lord, the giver of lifeโ. He has authority because he is God, and he gives life. (Regina Caeli, 23 May 2021)
Source:
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day.html
https://faithgiant.com/pentecost/
