"How manifold are your works, O Lord! The earth is full of your creatures!" This is our Pentecost song. As we pray Psalm 104, we celebrate all of creation as a revelation of God's very being. In ...

"How manifold are your works, O Lord! The earth is full of your creatures!" This is our Pentecost song. As we pray Psalm 104, we celebrate all of creation as a revelation of God's very being. In ...

Fifty years ago today, Pope St. Paul VI wept. So goes the well-circulated — but not confirmed — story about Pope Paul going to his private chapel for Holy Mass on the Monday after Pentecost. He was ...

It’s like finding needles in a hymnstack. Studying the cultural history of contemporary worship music means I listen to a lot of albums. Arriving at the dissertation stage of my doctoral studies has ...

Pentecost depiction of Bible with dove as the Holy Spirit Pentecost is a celebration that some Christians observe each year. While it always takes place after Easter, the fluctuation of the date ...

A couple of weeks ago, Christians celebrated Pentecost, the day the Scriptures tell us that the Holy Spirit descended to Jesus’ followers who were left behind, uncertain and afraid, after he ascended ...

“As I celebrate this wonderful milestone of the Christian Church, I do so with much gladness and, also, with a lot of sadness.” Svetlana Aganina Getty Images/iStockphoto In the shadow of the war in ...