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Trafalgar Square is being turned into #TrafalgarPrayer on 9 June as thousands of Christians from across London unite in prayer and worship. The event on Pentecost Sunday will mark the culmination of Thy Kingdom Come 2019, the annual prayer campaign launched by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, in which Christians are invited to pray for their friends and family to know Jesus Christ. Last year saw churches from over 65 denominations in 114 countries taking part in the 10 days of prayer, from Anglicans to Roman Catholics, and Orthodox to Methodists. This year even larger numbers are expected to...

CHICAGO, May 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Rainbow Sash Movement (RSM), the group of homosexual activists that self-describes itself as “Catholic” despite its open stance against significant moral teachings of the Church, announced today that they will again be “challenging the Catholic Church's hierarchy” this upcoming Pentecost Sunday, May 27. RSM members wear a 2-inch wide ribbon of rainbow colors across their shoulders (a symbol of the modern homosexual movement). They then present themselves to receive communion in Cathedrals and parishes across the nation in protest against the Catholic teaching that those who publicly and stubbornly persist in living...

Sunday June 3, 2001 Pentecost Sunday Reading I (Acts 2:1-11) Reading II (Romans 8:8-17) Gospel (St. John 20:19-23) Today the Church celebrates the feast of Pentecost, the feast of the Holy Spirit. The word 'Pentecost' actually means fifty days. It was fifty days after our Lord had risen from the dead that the Holy Spirit came down upon the disciples as they were gathered around Our Blessed Lady. There, the Holy Spirit descended upon them as tongues of fire, which is why we wear red when we have Mass in honor of the Holy Spirit. We wear red because Our...

May 15, 2005Pentecost Sunday Mass During the Day Psalm: Sunday 23 Reading IActs 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled,they were all in one place together.And suddenly there came from the skya noise like a strong driving wind,and it filled the entire house in which they were.Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,which parted and came to rest on each one of them.And they were all filled with the Holy Spiritand began to speak in different tongues,as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem.At this...