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This week, we celebrate Pentecost, as recorded in Acts 2: 1-11. This familiar passage describes the Holy Spirit descending upon the disciples, empowering them to speak in many languages as the Spirit enabled them. Let us be filled with that same Spirit today. Let us open ourselves to God’s leading and to the Spirit's forming us into a community of faith, people of humble service and selfless generosity, reflecting Christ himself. 
 Image of the Apostles being filled with the Holy Spirit and receiving spiritual gifts during Pentecost.
  
"When Pentecost Day arrived, they were all together in one place. Suddenly, a sound from heaven, like the howling of a fierce wind, filled the entire house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be individual flames of fire alighting on each one of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak."*
 
God, we thank you, Lord, for choosing us as your instruments, the “pencils” in your hands. May we be soft enough to listen, bold enough to testify, and diligent enough to endure. Let your Spirit fall afresh upon us, that we may be filled with humility, service, and generosity, reflecting Christ in word and deed. Teach us to recreate our world and our lives into something lasting and timeless, a testament to your grace. Bind us together as a community of faith, united in love, free in service, and steadfast in hope. Help us to write your message of love and peace on the hearts of all who seek a better way. In the name of Jesus, our Lord, and the “author” of our faith, we pray, Amen.
Scripture:  *Acts 2: 1-4 (CEV)
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