Today, Pentecost Sunday is rightly seen as the formal beginning of the missionary and apostolic work of the Church; the day when the door are thrown open and the Good News of the Gospel is preached to a variety of peoples who can all be gathered together into one Body of Faith, because the Gospel transcends boundaries of language, background and geography.
So on this day when we are proud and happy to affirm that we belong to a truly Catholic (that is all embracing, world-wide) Community of Faith, we pray with and for each other, that the gifts of the Holy Spirit will enable us to play our part in the on-going work of the Church.
