Pentecost
Pentecost is the festival when Christians celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and it falls on the Sunday 50 days after Easter.
Pentecost is regarded as the birthday of the Christian Church, and the start of the Church's mission to the world
![Philippines [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/flowers-philippines/887960-1-eng-GB/flowers-philippines_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Prayer: Come Holy Spirit (17.67 kB) A prayer for Pentecost, calling for the Spirit to renew and refresh us as we work for justice |
![Dancing at the harvest festival in Gracias, Lempira in Honduras [Marcella Haddad]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/dancing-skirts/823568-1-eng-GB/dancing-skirts_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Prayer: Breath of God (17.55 kB) A prayer for Pentecost, calling on the Holy Spirit to inspire us in our work for justice |
![Women from different church groups join to sing together in Chawama market, Lusaka, Zambia. [Caroline Irby]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/singing/823540-1-eng-GB/singing_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Prayer: For all Humanity (17.97 kB) A prayer based on words spoken at Pentecost 1979 by Archbishop Oscar Romero |
![Doves in a Philippines CAFOD project [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/doves/823498-1-eng-GB/doves_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Thoughts on Pentecost (28.88 kB) A reflection on Pentecost by Fr Jim O'Keefe |
![Lake Atitla in Guatemala. [Marcella Haddad]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/sunrise-lake/823554-1-eng-GB/sunrise-lake_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Prayer to the Holy Spirit (18.53 kB) A prayer asking the Holy Spirit to fill us with the courage to make a new commitment to caring for the earth and all Creation |
 | A selection of prayers to help prepare for Pentecost, asking the Spirit to motivate and inspire us |
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