It was amazing! Fire and wind brought a word that came from beyond the fear, beyond the gaps that separated those ancient people. Many of them could listen to one another for the first time.
Peter and the other followers of the Risen Jesus could not hide from that wind and the fire. It came to them, and it moved them to be and do something they could never have imagined.
Fast forward to right now. Today is Pentecost. Together we can gather in the sure and certain expectation of being permeated by the Spirit’s wind and fire that come from beyond our fears, divisions and wounds. This is truly amazing! […]
Feel the wind in your hair as you move and live in our divided society, open to vision a new way forward that fosters life for everyone. Bathed in the fire of the Spirit, we know that we are capable of talking with and listening to one another. The same ancient fire that went in a column before the Israelites as they wandered in the desert rests on your head as you look again at the person with whom you are the most at odds. […]
Today is Pentecost. The ever-new presence of God surrounding us, in the very context of our fear and hiding, is given still and again to us today and challenges us to remember.
The power of the Spirit of the resurrected Christ has not diminished. The immense love that God showers in abundance in wind and flame has not changed, and the capacity of God to speak a word from beyond but right into our complicated and frightening reality remains real and true.
Today is Pentecost. Feel the wind in your hair.
--Deb Organ, Catholic Women Preach
Image source: Pentecost, dome of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Missouri, https://www.timesnewspapers.com/westendword/cathedral-basilica-of-saint-louis/collection_de3fde54-fd85-11e8-adf0-9fbbcccaa298.html
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