In the Pentecost Day reading from the First Letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul notes the different kinds of abilities and forms of service each member of the Christian community has.

WHAT DOES IT take for a coward to become courageous? More to the point, what would it take for you, or me, to become a disciple?

IN THE EARLY days of the Pentecostal movement, a few of its missionaries went to foreign countries fully expecting to receive the gift of instant fluency in native tongues, just as the disciples at the original Christian Pentecost did. Needless to say they quickly realized they would have to learn the language just like everyone else.

We call on God for strength to live in the Spirit.

While the “tongues of fire” has inspired numerous works art, some good, some not so good, behind the visual effects is the blueprint for the early church.

The first time an English speaker hears Mass in Spanish can be striking, particularly when familiar responses are presented in a new light. That opens things up—not only about how to understand this part of the liturgy but also how to understand our brothers and sisters.

To Saint Paul. . . . the Holy Spirit is given to all Christians, and to each one in particular; and . . . in turn gives to each and every one gifts and charisms. —Cardinal Leo Joseph Suenens (1904-1996)