Episode Transcript
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The story of Pentecost,
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although celebrated liturgically
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fifty days on from the feast of the Lord’s Resurrection,
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forms a single event within the story and event that is Easter.
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In particular,
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it follows on immediately after the Ascension of the Lord
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and the receiving by us the Church of the commission
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to be witnesses, martyrs
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to the power of the life, death, and resurrection of the Lord.
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In today’s first reading
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we hear the account of the coming upon the apostles,
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and the whole Church, of the Holy Spirit.
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The birth and sanctification of the Church
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to be the mission of Christ,
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a witness to His salvation,
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and a living sign of God’s life of mercy, and love.
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Many gifts united by God in one community.
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Many languages formed as the living Gospel of Christ.
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Many parts now forming the Body of Christ
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and united in the one Spirit
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to our Head, the Risen Jesus.
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A communion of brothers and sisters
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that extends through time and exists in different places
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to manifest the people of God,
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a sacrament of salvation and of Christ.
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Pentecost empowers human beings to live the life of the Trinity
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and to proclaim in, and out of season, the Good News of God.
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In the birth of the Church,
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in its life is also a sign of God’s risen life
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for every person, every human community.
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Today we do not remember with nostalgia a one off event.
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Rather this is a continuous action of the Holy Spirit
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that has gifted us in order to allow us to be participatants
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in the risen Life of Christ,
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to witness to God who recreates all things a new
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through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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We pray,
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Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
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and kindle in them the fire of your love.
