Shik Rot Npwe – Sunday Synopsis with Fr. Justine J. Dyikuk: Pentecost Sunday

Year C - May 15, 2016.
Readings: Acts Acts 2:1-11; Responsorial Psalm Ps 104:1,24,29-30,3134; 1st Cor. 12:3B-7, 12-13 or Rom. 8:8-17; Gospel John 20:19-23 or John 14:15-16,23B-26.
Theme: Let the Fire of the Holy Spirit Come Down Again 
Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of thy faithful…
Pentecost
Beloved in Christ, today is Pentecost Sunday. The word Pentecost comes from the Greek Pentekoste which means fiftieth. It was the second of the 3 most important annual feast in Jewish calendar which occurred 7 weeks after the Passover and was primarily a feast of thanksgiving for harvest; first fruits of wheat crop were offered to God on that day. It later came to be associated with the giving of the law to Moses on Mount Sinai. All Jews at home and in the diaspora were expected to attend. Thus, there was no fitting day for the descent of the Holy Spirit than this. The dramatic event our first reading from the Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 recounts, became the birthday of the Church.
Holy Spirit

Of Friends- Justine Dyikuk

Morning friends are also called sunrise or breakfast friends.  Often, they spice up your life – they bring sunshine to your life. You would be glad you had them. Like tea, their steam evaporates your life to the envy of all.  Morning friends are always at the breakfast table of your life – as a very curious set of creatures, they are quick to browse through the menu of your life in terms of lunch and dinner to ascertain if your life is going to be promising or not. These are often childhood friends. You have the right to choose your morning friends.