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Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful;
and kindle in us the fire of your love.

Psalm 104. 31

O, Come.  Let Us Worship.

  • VIRTUAL  WORSHIP @  St. John  the Baptist, Duncan   HERE.

  • Virtual Worship @ Christ Church Cathedral Victoria  here. 

 

Scriptures:

Acts 2. 1-21

Psalm 104. 25-35, 37b 

Romans 8. 14 - 17

John 14. 8 - 17, 25 - 27

 

 

 

 

 

Art Credit: Jesus Mafa, 1973, Cameroon
JESUS MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa. Each of the readings was selected and adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of their interpretations were made, and these were then transcribed to paintings.

The exuberant expression of joy in this depiction represents the Acts story, including Mary and the women mentioned in Acts, Chapter 1. Pentecost was originally an ancient Hebrew time of thanksgiving celebration for the first grain harvest, as recorded in Leviticus. The new significance given to this day by the gospel writers and early Christians extends that joyful expression to the new "filling up" by the Holy Spirit.
JESUS MAFA. Pentecost
fr: Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN.