If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.” You see, we ask, — have you ever ask?

In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased within a soul: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Fresco of Pentecost in Church of ...

Just as the nation's founders relied on God's providence, so too must all those serving in the U.S. legal profession and government today depend on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, said the homilist ...

The Bible starts out with one of the most profound statements ever made, one of the most challenged statements ever made. We ...

Another striking aspect of the Spirit’s power is what it produces in people. On Pentecost, those who experienced the Spirit’s indwelling spoke in “other tongues” (Acts 2:4).

If the Holy Spirit is to speak through the preacher and the preaching he must have clear passage—not through a void, but through a mind and personality laid open in all its delicate and ...

The Holy Spirit is "the protagonist of evangelization. Without the Holy Spirit we will only be advertising the church," he said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square March 22.

The Rev. Skip Heitzig, senior pastor of Calvary Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, delivered a passionate call for Spirit-empowered evangelism during the European Congress on Evangelism in Berlin.

Vatican City, May 19, 2024 / 08:15 am On the solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis said that Christians are called to proclaim the Gospel to everyone with gentleness and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter's Square on June 8, 2025. In his homily, he emphasized the significance of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian ...

The Holy Spirit opens borders in hearts, relationships and between peoples, Pope Leo XIV said June 8 as he celebrated Mass for 80,000 Romans and pilgrims from all continents in St. Peter’s ...