Beloved in Christ, Happy Pentecost!

Today we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, fire from heaven that didn’t just fall once but continues to burn across generations. The same Holy Spirit that came upon the apostles in the Upper Room is here, now, with us. The Holy Spirit hasn’t changed. The Holy Spirit won’t change. The Holy Spirit doesn’t retire. The Holy Spirit doesn’t need to. The same Spirit still burns today!

In Acts 2, the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, not just languages, but hearts were opened! Those frightened followers became bold preachers, and the Church was born. That same Spirit who emboldened Peter to preach to thousands is the same Spirit who strengthens you to speak truth in love today. What changed? Not their clothes. Not their education. It was the Holy Spirit.

The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead now lives in us (Romans 8:11). The Holy Spirit speaks, heals, and guides, not in past tense, but present. If we listen, He will move in powerful ways, maybe not in fire and wind, but in peace, boldness, and love. The Holy Spirit is still moving, still healing, still sending ordinary people like you and me to do extraordinary things.

The world changes. Technology advances. Cultures shift. But the same Holy Spirit who hovered over the waters at creation still hovers over our lives, bringing order out of chaos, peace out of confusion, fire out of ashes, healing out of wounds.

Here is the good news: You don’t have to manufacture the Spirit. You just have to receive Him. Open your heart and say: “Come, Holy Spirit!” And He will come, with power, with peace, and with purpose. And He will. Because He hasn’t changed, and neither has His mission: to set you on fire for the world.

So, friends, live Pentecost every day. Be bold. Be joyful. Be on fire. Because the same Holy Spirit never changes, and neither does His love for you. Let’s not treat Pentecost as a once-a-year holy fireworks show.

Your Priest,

Father Charles Enyinnia