Throughout the Old Testament, God pours out his holy anointing upon those who have been washed with water to receive a fuller outpouring of the Spirit. He does this in order for them to carry out ...

An illustration of Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit Pentecost was an important Jewish festival which marked the harvest. Often Jews would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate it there.

94 On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit, 95 a promise which he fulfilled first on Easter Sunday and then more strikingly at Pentecost. 96 Filled with the Holy Spirit ...

Pentecost takes place 50 days after Easter. It celebrates the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on the community after Jesus ascended into heaven. The story from the Acts of the Apostles describes this ...

THE threefold character of the festival is of ancient origin. The 13th-century liturgist William Durand referred to the ...