Pentecost: the history According to the Acts of the Apostles, while the apostles were gathered in Jerusalem, the Holy Spirit descended on them in the form of tongues of fire, and from that moment ...

Suddenly, someone yells “Fire!” upon seeing the tongues of flame appear. You’re streaming out of the building, into the street, hollering loudly.

Suddenly, someone yells “Fire!” upon seeing the tongues of flame appear. You’re streaming out of the building, into the street, hollering loudly.

Suddenly, someone yells “Fire!” upon seeing the tongues of flame appear. You’re streaming out of the building, into the street, hollering loudly.

There appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was ...

There appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was ...

Tongues of fire – a former cloistered nun recalls Pentecost Catherine Coldstream 05 June 2025, The Tablet Prev ...

The main symbol for Pentecost is the colour red, which symbolises the tongues of fire of the Holy Spirit, as well as joy. Altars are adorned in this colour, and priests also wear red vestments.

A Homily for Pentecost, Year C, by Fr. Anthony SooHoo, S.J. Most of us are familiar with the traditional images of the Holy Spirit: the dove, the wind, the tongues of fire.

Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ...