Pentecost - June 8, 2025 (Year C)
The Sunday of Pentecost marks both a beginning and an end. In the readings this week, we hear how the Holy Spirit has been sent forth to dwell with the apostles, thus beginning their missions to the world. Now, t here are two reading options for both the Second Reading and the Gospel, all options sharing a similar message, conveyed in a slightly different tone. Which is fitting, given Paul's words to the Corinthians: 'There are different workings but the same God who produces them all of them in everyone'. And in this same letter, we hear that we are all baptized by the Spirit into the same body, that of Jesus. We must heed and act with this in mind, that we are always in the presence of the Holy Spirit. We are empowered by the love that God displayed by sending, first, the Son and, second, the Holy Spirit, to guide and protect us. Now, I mentioned that this weekend marks both a beginning and an end. The season of Easter comes to a close this we...