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(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 05.19.2024).

- At noon on Sunday, May 19th, the solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis appeared at the window of the Apostolic Palace to pray the Regina Coeli with about 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square. As usual, the Pope delivered his Sunday address, after which he urged for harmony in war-torn countries.



Below is the text of the address in English: *** Dear brothers and sisters, happy Feast of Pentecost, buongiorno! Today, Solemnity of Pentecost, we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the Apostles. In the Gospel of the liturgy, Jesus speaks about the Holy Spirit and says that He will teach us “whatever He hears” (cf. Jn 16:13).

But what does this expression mean? What has the Holy Spirit heard? What will He speak about? He speaks to us with words that express wonderful sentiments, such as affection, gratitude, entrustment, mercy. Words that make us know a beautiful, luminous, concrete and lasting relationship such as the eternal Love of God: the words that the Father and the Son say to each other. They are precisely the transformative words of love, which the Holy Spirit repeats in us, and which it is good for us to listen to, because these words engender and make grow the same sentiments and the same intentions in our heart: they are fruitful words.

This is why it is important that we nourish ourselves every day with the Words of God, the Words of Jesus, inspired by the Spirit . And many times I say: read a pas.

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