Gospel: John 20: 19-23
The Spirit coming at Pentecost is described similarly to the way in which the Spirit of God hovered over the waters of creation in the book of Genesis. The Spirit in both was a like a mighty wind, and in both cases accomplished similar goals. In Genesis God brings order out of the chaos of material creation; at Pentecost the Spirit re-creates and brings order out of the chaos within our hearts and communities.
Through sin the world becomes disordered; the confusing of languages at Babel signifies these divisions of sin. The common language of the Spirit is that of love: we need not know the particular languages and words of a people to see love in the way in which people talk and interact with one another. And love is expressed more in deeds than in words; words are not at all necessary to express love. It is this love from the Spirit of God that brings order and transformed the world anew.
The world in general and the Christian church in particular are more divided and disordered than ever. So often our own inner selves reflect and mirror this disorder and lack of harmony. Today we seek the Spirit of God to come and restore order to ourselves and our communities, to reanimate them with love through deeds of loving-kindness, our lingua franca of human interaction.
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