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Holy Spirit

"The Holy Spirit leads us, guides us, and gives us courage to proclaim Jesus as a Saviour to the world, says The Rev’d Daniel Jayaraj
Dates & Seasons

“Pentecost is the birthday of the Church, the day when the Church began”

“We celebrate Christmas because it commemorates Jesus’ birth, Easter for the victory of Christ our Saviour, and Pentecost for the pouring out of the Holy Spirit. In celebrating Pentecost we need to take the way of the disciples as a model for our Church,” says The Rev’d Daniel Jayaraj

Features

Tough Questions: Does social justice and Christianity go hand in hand?

“Those who repent and put their faith in Jesus are reconciled to God and filled with the Holy Spirit. Moreover, their heart of stone is replaced with a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11.19), and they begin the process of being changed and transformed into Jesus’ likeness. This means that, over time, the Christian will begin to see the world as God sees it, including God’s perspective on justice,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey from St Andrew’s, Springfield

Dates & Seasons

The play in every atom

“Yesterday was the Feast of The Trinity. It is the day we celebrate God’s nature; the day when we grapple intellectually with the idea that God — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — Source of All Being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit — is three and yet one,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt