Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2: 1- 11
| 2:1 | And when the days of Pentecost were completed, they were all together in the same place. |
| 2:2 | And suddenly, there came a sound from heaven, like that of a wind approaching violently, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. |
| 2:3 | And there appeared to them separate tongues, as if of fire, which settled upon each one of them. |
| 2:4 | And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they began to speak in various languages, just as the Holy Spirit bestowed eloquence to them. |
| 2:5 | Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, pious men from every nation that is under heaven. |
| 2:6 | And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and was confused in mind, because each one was listening to them speaking in his own language. |
| 2:7 | Then all were astonished, and they wondered, saying: “Behold, are not all of these who are speaking Galileans? |
| 2:8 | And how is it that we have each heard them in our own language, into which we were born? |
| 2:9 | Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, |
| 2:10 | Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya which are around Cyrene, and new arrivals of the Romans, |
| 2:11 | likewise Jews and new converts, Cretans and Arabs: we have heard them speaking in our own languages the mighty deeds of God.” |
First Corinthians 12: 3- 7, 12- 13
| 12:3 | Because of this, I would have you know that no one speaking in the Spirit of God utters a curse against Jesus. And no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, except in the Holy Spirit. |
| 12:4 | Truly, there are diverse graces, but the same Spirit. |
| 12:5 | And there are diverse ministries, but the same Lord. |
| 12:6 | And there are diverse works, but the same God, who works everything in everyone. |
| 12:7 | However, the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one toward what is beneficial. |
| 12:12 | For just as the body is one, and yet has many parts, so all the parts of the body, though they are many, are only one body. So also is Christ. |
| 12:13 | And indeed, in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether servant or free. And we all drank in the one Spirit. |
or, Galatians 5: 16- 25
| 5:16 | So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. |
| 5:17 | For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want. |
| 5:18 | But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. |
| 5:19 | Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, |
| 5:20 | the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, |
| 5:21 | envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God. |
| 5:22 | But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance, |
| 5:23 | meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things. |
| 5:24 | For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires. |
| 5:25 | If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit. |
John 20: 19- 23
| 20:19 | Then, when it was late on the same day, on the first of the Sabbaths, and the doors were closed where the disciples were gathered, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and he said to them: “Peace to you.” |
| 20:20 | And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and side. And the disciples were gladdened when they saw the Lord. |
| 20:21 | Therefore, he said to them again: “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” |
| 20:22 | When he had said this, he breathed on them. And he said to them: “Receive the Holy Spirit. |
| 20:23 | Those whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and those whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.” |
or, John 15: 26- 27, 16: 12- 15
| 15:26 | But when the Advocate has arrived, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will offer testimony about me. |
| 15:27 | And you shall offer testimony, because you are with me from the beginning.” |
| 16:12 | I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now. |
| 16:13 | But when the Spirit of truth has arrived, he will teach the whole truth to you. For he will not be speaking from himself. Instead, whatever he will hear, he will speak. And he will announce to you the things that are to come. |
| 16:14 | He shall glorify me. For he will receive from what is mine, and he will announce it to you. |
| 16:15 | All things whatsoever that the Father has are mine. For this reason, I said that he will receive from what is mine and that he will announce it to you. |