When the Veni Creator Spiritus, the ancient hymn to the Holy Spirit, was sung at the Coronation in English, Welsh, Gaelic and Irish, it wasn’t just an irenic gesture towards the four quarters of the ...

At the beginning of her novel On Beauty, Zadie Smith quotes a line from a poem by her husband Nick Laird: “Time is how you spend your love.” This short sentence acts as a backdrop for a beautifully ...

On the feast of Pentecost, Pope Francis focused his homily and Angelus address on the work of the Holy Spirit in guiding and giving life to the Church. The first Pentecost "does not remain only ...

Alison Milbank is Associate Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of Nottingham, and Priest Vicar of Southwell Minster. She delivered the following sermon on Pentecost Sunday. My text ...

Once every year the Christian minister is confronted with the task of preaching a sermon on Pentecost. Barring happy exceptions, most ministers see themselves not so much confronted with a wonderful ...

Pentecost is a significant date in the calendar of the Christianity religion and is traditionally referred to as “Whitsun” or “Whitsunday” in the UK and Ireland. Pentecost is being celebrated today on ...