HOMILY FOR PENTECOST SUNDAY YEAR A. (4)

HOMILY FOR PENTECOST SUNDAY YEAR A.

THEME: RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.

BY: Fr. Cajetan Anyanwu.

This is Pentecost Sunday. The entire Church celebrates its birthday and the out pouring of the Holy Spirit on the apostles today. The Holy Spirit has come to consume all the evils ravaging our world. It is the Spirit of truth, peace and love. It burns out the darkness shrouding the world. The light of God has come to enlighten those with sincerity of heart. We can now hear God’s word preached to us directly in our diverse languages. For on the day of Pentecost, ” …there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven… each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language” (Acts. 2:1-11). Open your heart let the Holy Spirit enter to en kindle in you its fire of love.

God sent us into this world to be instruments of peace and love. We carry out this task through our actions and love for one another. The language spoken by the apostles which everyone heard on Pentecost day was love. Every language under heaven has love as one of its sentences or phrases. It may be expressed in different ways but conveys the same meaning (cf.1Cor. 12:3-7ff). Love is the language of mother and child, husband and wife, grandparents and grand children, friends and lovers. Love is the language that brings smiles on every face. When you tell someone, “I love you,” smile follows. That is the language God hears.

When Jesus breathed on the apostles and said to them, “receive the Holy Spirit”(Jn. 20:19-23), he gave them the power to love. The Holy Spirit is the love which proceeds from the Father and the Son. It is the uniting force that binds the Most Holy Trinity together. Where there is love there is peace. For this reason Jesus said to the apostles, “”Peace be with you. As the father sent me so am I sending you.” He is sending them out to bring peace and love to the people. You are also sent to bring peace and love to those you meet today. May God give us the grace to do this, amen. Happy Pentecost Sunday.

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