As we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, we also celebrate God’s ongoing work of salvation in history through the Church, the sacrament of salvation in the world. As Tony explains, apart from the ongoing presence of the Holy Spirit within Her, the Church would have no ability to make the saving love of Christ present to the world. But wherever Her members harmoniously cooperate with the Spirit’s action within, God renews the face of the earth through the day to day life of the Church, the Body of Christ.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13
Gospel: John 20:19-23
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.