...it might be holy and without blemish."1 All this, though needing to be ratified and consummated by the Descent of the Holy Ghost on the Day of Pentecost, the proper Birthday of the Mystical Body, (since not till then could the grace of His Resurrection and...

...Apostles, who are gazing upward. The right compartment represents the transfiguration, and the left the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. The representations appear to be similar to those with which every one is familiar in regard to the sacred...

...from whom the early Christians generally received the facts of our Lord's baptism and crucifixion, and the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. St. John goes onto point out that this is not the only ground for the Christian's belief, for he has...

...greatest of the miracles, His resurrection from the dead, by His glorious ascension into heaven, and by the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. The greatest of all the miracles of Christ (the key-stone of Christianity), His resurrection from the dead,...

...is most remarkable. It was within the very short space that passed between our Saviour's ascension and the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, during that " little while " that the church was, as it were, left alone in the world. It is very reasonable...

...disciples during the few days which intervened between the ascension of our Divine Lord into heaven, and the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. To them, this must have been a solemn interval. Little thought or care could they have had about the...

...or a complete life of St. Paul ; the author's main objects were higher than these. This book records the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, the consequent effusion of the truth, and the astonishing addition so instantaneously made to the number...

...or a complete life of St. Paul ; the author's main objects were higher than these. This book records the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, the consequent effusion of the truth, and the astonishing addition so instantaneously made to the number...

...the Church, or upon certain individuals for a special purpose. Such were the powers which accompanied the Descent of the Holy Ghost on the Day of Pentecost. The Apostles received the gifts of speaking many languages, and of working miracles, that those who saw...

...Sunday should be as it were an echo of the first Easter Day. Sunday should also bring to our remembrance the descent of the Holy Ghost on the Day of Pentecost. The Church teaches us to keep Sunday holy by joining in the public services of the Church, and especially...