Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, which is also the closing of the Easter season.  All throughout the Easter season, we have been hearing from the Acts of the Apostles during mass, but the main action does not come from the apostles themselves, but rather through the work of the Holy Spirit!  

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…”  Matthew 28:19-20 In these last words of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus leaves...

When we read from the Acts of the Apostles, especially during the Easter season, the main protagonist is not the apostles themselves, but rather the Holy Spirit!  To drive out evil spirits and to heal the crippled and paralyzed…

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? If I were a hard-headed disciple hearing this for the first time, I might ask, “Jesus, your father, Joseph, was a carpenter. Did you sneak away and build us a house without me knowing about it? And now you want to give me a room?”