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DAY OF PENTECOST

11 MAY 2008

St. John’s Episcopal Church

Pentecost, God’s Gift to the People

Pentecost is the giving of the Holy Spirit to the fledging group of disciples
huddled in that upper room. The Church later took on this story as one
of its foundational stories that pinpoints the start of the Christian Church.

Actually, the Holy Spirit has interacted with God’s people even from the point
of Creation, for this same Spirit, the “Ruah,” hovered above the primordial
waters, according to Genesis.

This fact should mitigate the popular notion that the Holy Spirit was
exclusively given to the Christians.

The Rev’d Albert R. Rodriguez †

Last Update : 05/07/2008