John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Question: Importance of Pentecost
How festively do you celebrate Pentecost? Christians in the U.S. place great emphasis on Christmas and Easter and they seem to forget about the great role of the Spirit in our faith. Pentecost seems to be an afterthought. I wonder if its changeable placement on the calendar conflicts with summer secular activities like graduations, proms, and weddings. Does its diminished signficance reflect something more fundamental about our faith and our image of God? What are you thinking?
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