19 May, 2024 | Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:1-11, 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 Gospel Jn 20:19-23 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." Reflections: Jesus enters the room where the disciples are together and transforms them of their fear, disbelief and distress saying Peace be with you and receive the Holy Spirit. One of the biggest blessings we have received from God is the gift of the Holy Spirit. We live purely through the holy spirit which can be an obscure entity to unders