It has been a long time since our last public celebration of Mass, welcome back! I am sure that many of you have been filled with great anticipation to be reunited with our Eucharistic Lord. This is a fitting day to resume our public celebration of Mass for Pentecost is known as the birth of the church. With that, through our interaction with the Holy Spirit it is my fervent hope that each of us will come to be renewed in our life of faith.
When we consider the Holy Spirit we should take note of the Acts of the Apostles where the Holy Spirit is described as being “a strong driving wind.” This is an important lesson for us to reflect upon for there is nothing stagnant to be found concerning the Holy Spirit. Thus too the Holy Spirit sends us forth into the world to be animated in our practice of faith.
We know that each of the apostles had their own difficulties in coming to understand and accept the reality of the Lord’s Passion. It was through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that they were sent forth into the world to lead other souls towards the Lord. We too are touched by our own difficulties and fears. This present with us in our everyday life. Nevertheless, we cannot allow excuses to overcome us. We too are to be touched by this strong driving wind that is the Holy Spirit and be sent forth into the abundant harvest of the Lord as true witnesses to Christ Jesus and His Church on this earth. May we be sent forth from here filled with this true missionary zeal that sent forth the apostles to proclaim Christ Jesus throughout all the world.
