Prayer

Pentecost People 

Come Holy Spirit, and make us Pentecost people.

Let your wisdom and right judgment guide our decisions.

Let knowledge and understanding increase our capacity for empathy and compassion.

Let reverence and awe fill us with gratitude and respect for all creation.

Give us the courage to witness boldly to     our faith in word and deed.

Through and with him in Jesus Christ, we pray.

Amen.

What is Pentecost?  Celebrated Sunday 8 June 2025

The word Pentecost comes from the Greek for fiftieth day. Pentecost Sunday ends the season of Easter. In Jewish tradition the 50th day after the Passover was celebrated as a blessing of the harvest. It was for this reason that the disciples were gathered together when they experienced the Holy Spirit empowering them. In Christian tradition, Pentecost is celebrated as the arrival of the Spirit promised by Jesus, that animated the disciples to spread the gospel of Jesus and gather believers to form what would eventually become the Church.