THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Mary, and the twelve Apostles and the rest of the disciples joyfully
waited for the fulfillment of the promise of the Saviour, that
He would send them the Holy Spirit. When the days of Pentecost
were about to be fulfilled (which happened 50 days after the
Resurrection of the Lord, our Redeemer) the Most Blessed Mother saw
how, in Heaven, the Humanity of the Word conferred with the Eternal
Father about this, and He besought the Father also, that the
Holy Spirit appear in the world in visible form.
On Pentecost morning,the Blessed Virgin Mary exhorted the Apostles,
the disciples and the pious women, numbering 120, to pray more
frequently, and renew their hopes since the hour was at hand in
which they were to be visited by the Holy Spirit. At about 9 o'clock
the air resounded with tremendous thunder and the blowing of
a violent wind mixed with the brightness of fire or lightning,
all centering on the House of the Cenacle.
The house was enveloped in light,and the Divine Fire was poured out
over all of that holy gathering. Over the head of each of the 120
persons appeared a tongue of that same fire, in which the Holy Spirit
had come, filling each one with Divine Influences and Heavenly Gifts.
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