So often when we think of the Holy Spirit, it's as a dove. But the Holy Spirit can be wild and tempestuous, coming where and ...

The Holy Spirit might be called the “faceless God,” though we do not say that because it denigrates. We see the face as the portal to the soul, even if we sometimes fail to read what truly lies inside ...

The book brings together the contributions of 17 members of the STM faculty to present contemporary understandings of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church. The contributions range from scripture ...

A bird or a flame. Traditionally, these are the most common images used as metaphors for the Holy Spirit. The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by ...

Mary’s encounter with God’s power reveals the arc of the Spirit’s work. I IMAGINE MARY, rubbing her eyes in the light cast by the angel in the doorway, the phosphorescence filtering through the dusty, ...

Amid the ongoing sifting and exposure of the charismatic church, a troubling overcorrection is brewing ...

The Spirit’s descent at Pentecost is a model for diverse and distributed leadership. The modern church in the West has a suspicious relationship with power. When it serves our interests or protects ...

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he rides in the popemobile before celebrating Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 8, 2025, concluding the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, ...