Walking with Jesus: Pentecost Sunday B
For Sunday, May 19, 2024 Acts: 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13; John 15:26-27 The Jewish feast of Pentecost was one of the three major feasts in Israel for which pilgrims journeyed to Jerusalem. Originally it was an agricultural feast: the end of the harvest called the Feast of Weeks. It took on new significance, celebrating the giving of the Law to Moses on Mt. Sinai. This is why the Gospel tells us that devout Jews from every nation were in Jerusalem during this time. They came with their families to remember and thank God for giving them His commandments and leading them to the Promised Land. On Pentecost they gathered in the Upper Room. We don’t know who was there in addition to the Apostles. Could the women who accompanied them all over have been present? Or other followers, like the two from Emmaus, and even others? Why not? We don’t know. What we do know is that the Holy Spirit came unexpectedly … like the sound of an extremely strong wind, filling the room. Tongues of fire