8 June 2025 – Solemnity of Pentecost
Acts 2:1-11; Romans 8:8-17; John 14:15...26
Homily
Luke, in the Acts of the Apostles, and John, in his Gospel, present us with two very different but complementary descriptions of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the first Christian community – that of the Apostles and the first disciples. In Luke, it is a visible, surprising and disturbing manifestation in their relationships with those around them. In John, it is entirely internal, an intimate presence. In both cases, it is the presence of the Spirit of God in human reality.