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encounter with Christ and his church.

The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's word where it is most needed.

Today we invite you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the warmth and light of Christ with each one of us.

Peace be with you.

Friends, we come to the sixth Sunday of Easter. We're getting very close to Pentecost. So what the church

does it gives us readings that are kind of hinting at the Holy Spirit, giving us a

kind of foretaste of this great feast of the descent of the spirit.

So what I want to do, it's a little bit unusual,

is to say something about each of the three readings,

to pick out these moments when the Holy Spirit is being

Adambrated.

So the first reading is from the Acts of the Apostles.

So all during the Easter season we read

from the Acts of the Apostles.

And Peter is now in the House of Cornelius so it's this pivotal moment

when the Jewish Christians are meeting the Gentiles really for the first time and

lots is going on in that encounter.

But while he's there, listen, while Peter was still speaking these things,

the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the word.

They were astounded at the gift of the Holy Spirit,

for they could hear them speaking in tongues and glorifying God.

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