Day: May 19, 2024

May 19, 2024
Saint Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas

Acts 2:1-118
Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
Galatians 5:16-25
John 15:26-27; 16:12-15

Our first reading from the Acts of the Apostles begins with the words: “When the time of Pentecost was fulfilled.”  Pentecost was the second of three major feasts in Israel. The first was Passover or the “Feast of Unleavened Bread” recalling God’s rescue of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, and the third was the “Feast of Tents and Booths” on the occasion of the harvesting of grapes and olives. Pentecost, or the “Feast of Weeks,” celebrated the first cutting of the grain harvest, thanking God for his abundant generosity in providing food for his people.