05/24/2026
5/24/26 – Festival of Pentecost – He lives to pour out his Spirit - John 7:37-39
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What difference does it make? - He lives to pour out his Spirit
When the disciples were distressed about Jesus ascending into heaven, he assured them, “It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you” (John 16:7). That Advocate is the Holy Spirit. If Jesus had stayed in the grave, the Holy Spirit would have had no reason to enter the lives of disciples.
But Jesus lives, and it makes a difference. The Spirit provides faith and purpose for life. Pentecost, the celebration of the special arrival of the Holy Spirit, is the third great festival of the Church, along with the Nativity and the Resurrection. Pentecost closes the fifty-day period after Easter and ends the festival half of the church year. The Church dresses in red on this day to commemorate the tongues of fire that marked the Spirit’s gift as well as the blood of the martyrs.
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First Lesson: Acts 2:1-21
On Pentecost the disciples proclaimed the gospel. Through their words the Holy Spirit unleashes his saving power.
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:3–11
When God pours out his Spirit, it is for the benefit of the entire Church.
Gospel: John 7:37-39
Jesus promised that those who were spiritually thirsty would be filled with the living water of the Spirit.
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