Revised Common Lectionary

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Commentary on Acts 2:1-21

The Pentecost lectionary account takes place in Jerusalem on the feast day of Shavuot, 50 [...]

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Commentary on Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

It is no new observation to say that the lectionary [...]

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Commentary on Acts 2:1-21

On the day of Pentecost, a small crowd gathered in a room on the highest [...]

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Commentary on John 20:19-23

Liturgical observances of Pentecost are informed almost entirely by the familiar story in Acts 2, with [...]

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

What does it look like to be people of Pentecost, [...]

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Comentario del San Juan 20:19-23

Pentecostés es la fiesta que celebra la llegada del Espíritu [...]

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Commentary on Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

In Psalm 104, the world that God creates and recreates [...]

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Comentario del San Juan 20:19-23

Lo que se narra en este pasaje bíblico sucede el [...]

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Commentary on Acts 2:1-21

Despite the theological attractiveness of seeing Pentecost as the reversal of Babel, there is little [...]

Descent of the Holy Spirit
Commentary on John 7:37-39

This alternative gospel text, John 7:37-39, may seem a strange choice for Pentecost Sunday. [Find [...]