Pentecost 2020

Acts 2:1-4

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

When the Spirit came on that first Pentecost, 

the disciples were all together 

waiting

On this Pentecost, scattered as we are,

waiting 

and hoping

for we know not what

still the Spirit comes

Merrily waltzing into our living rooms

Powerfully crashing into our chaotic spaces

Humbly sitting at our kitchen table 

Joyfully taking a seat beside us on the sofa

Quietly embracing us in our grief and confusion

in our yearning and loss.

The Spirit gets in among us anyway and every way

She sits until we are ready to pay attention

And then she takes us on a tour that reminds us

that in every place

and every time

God is present

And the Spirit of God 

announces that presence

In a song

In a whisper

In a cacophony of praise

In a cry for help

In a deep breath

The Spirit of God weaves together the fabric of life itself

Until we know that nothing can ever separate us from Gods love

And so as we pray for the healing of Creation

and for healing for our neighbour 

Our prayers are lifted

on the wings of the Spirit

and our sighs are caught up

and presented to God

And our faith

and hope

and love 

are reborn

in the life of the church

in the life of the world

The eternal gift of the Spirit at Pentecost.

Spirit of God, may it be so.