A bird or a flame. Traditionally, these are the most common images used as metaphors for the Holy Spirit. The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by ...

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Here is how “birds” became this week’s topic. While I was at church, the video screen showed a dove representing the Holy Spirit. Then immediately received a “ding ding” — a clear ...

According to Eusebius (Ecclesiastical History, 6.29), Fabianus was not among the likely papabili, but the Holy Spirit moved." Whatever its significance, the bird provided some distraction from the ...

The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew ... Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit-----Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution ...

We are meant to walk circumspectly, bowing low before God as the Holy Spirit generates godly fruit. Sproul deftly unpacks the mysteries surrounding the Holy Spirit, showing through God’s Word ...

On Sunday afternoon Pope Francis told throngs of Charismatic Catholics to not obstruct the work of the Holy Spirit in evangelizing, but make the adoration of God the "foundation of renewal." ...

University President William P. Leahy, S.J., will celebrate the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit with homilist Claudio Burgaleta, S.J., rector of the Boston College Jesuit Community, on September 7 at ...