Under the care of the Discalced Carmelite Friars
Dear brothers and sisters,
Pentecost was a Jewish harvest festival that commemorated the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. The Torah, God’s gratuitous gift to the Jewish people, gave them their identity and a guide for living. Luke, writing in the Acts of the Apostles in today’s First Reading (Acts 2:1-11) locates the imparting of the Spirit upon the Church on the Jewish feast of Pentecost. Read more…