Pentecost is not a spiritual experience that can be kept private. The Spirit comes with wind and fire and immediately produces proclamation. To receive the Spirit is to be sent. Every generation of the Church stands in the same need: pour out this gift anew.
The Feast of the Ascension celebrates not the disappearance of Jesus, but his exaltation; and not his distance from us, but the new and greater intimacy of his priestly presence before the Father on our behalf. The Feast Day still presses its claims on us today.
In an age that hides dependence behind supply chains and packaged goods, Rogation Sunday does something quietly subversive: it takes us outside, sets us on our feet, and teaches us to ask, holding out empty hands to the Lord of heaven and earth.
May 1: Feast of Philip and James. Philip asked the question that drew the greatest Christological declaration in John’s Gospel. James left no recorded word at all. Both are honored as apostles. Both shapes of witness belong to the Church.
Good Shepherd Sunday invites us to behold Jesus as the loving, sacrificial Shepherd who knows us by name and lays down His life for the sheep. Exploring John 10, Psalm 23, Anglican liturgy, and the call to follow Him, this reflection offers encouragement for every believer this Easter season.
April 25 is the Feast of Mark the Evangelist. He was not one of the Twelve. He turned back from the first missionary journey. He was restored and made useful. And by his hand, God gave the Church the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The earliest. The most urgent. The one that shaped all the others.