From the Pastor
Fr. Mike Comer shares his thoughts on Scripture, spirituality and the challenges of living the Gospel.
happy birthday to the church
June 8, 2025
After Easter and Christmas, Pentecost Sunday is the next most important feast of the Church’s year. It is sometimes referred to as the birthday of the Church, for it is the day on which the Church truly came alive.
The Twelve had been with Him since shortly after His baptism. They had listened to His words, seen Him multiply bread and fish to feed the crowd, change water into wine, heal the blind, the deaf, the paralyzed, those possessed by demons, and raise the dead to life. They had eaten with Him at the Last Supper, witnessed His Crucifixion and Resurrection, and been with Him for 40 days in His risen state.
The Twelve had been with Him since shortly after His baptism. They had listened to His words, seen Him multiply bread and fish to feed the crowd, change water into wine, heal the blind, the deaf, the paralyzed, those possessed by demons, and raise the dead to life. They had eaten with Him at the Last Supper, witnessed His Crucifixion and Resurrection, and been with Him for 40 days in His risen state.
But they were not ready, so Jesus had instructed them to go to Jerusalem and wait. For nine days they remained in the Upper Room praying and discussing Jesus and all that He had taught them.
And then, on Pentecost Sunday, as they prayed, they heard a strong driving wind, and they saw tongues of fire that hovered over their heads. They were filled with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Power and Truth that Jesus had promised them. And they rushed out into the streets of Jerusalem, proclaiming that Jesus had been raised from the dead, and that He was in fact the Messiah that had been so long waited for and prayed for.
That very day, three thousand people accepted Jesus as Lord and Messiah, and sought baptism, so that they might be saved.
—Fr. Mike Comer
And then, on Pentecost Sunday, as they prayed, they heard a strong driving wind, and they saw tongues of fire that hovered over their heads. They were filled with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Power and Truth that Jesus had promised them. And they rushed out into the streets of Jerusalem, proclaiming that Jesus had been raised from the dead, and that He was in fact the Messiah that had been so long waited for and prayed for.
That very day, three thousand people accepted Jesus as Lord and Messiah, and sought baptism, so that they might be saved.
—Fr. Mike Comer
