Pentecost

Pentecost is the crowning day of the Church of Jesus Christ. Without it, Christmas and Easter would seem but hollow victories for the Church. I say this not to minimize their value, for undoubt­edly they are indispensable to our salvation, yet without Pentecost they are meaningless to the Church. They are as the flower that never blooms. Unlike Christmas and Easter, Pente­cost is all but a forgotten day. Weeks before, one can detect a fervent activity building up to our celebration of...