Pentecost and Our Lady – The Bride and her Spouse
What role did the Blessed Virgin Mary play at the Coming of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost?
What role did the Blessed Virgin Mary play at the Coming of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost?
Editor’s Notes
At the Feast of Pentecost, the Church first reads St Luke’s account from Acts of the Coming of the Holy Ghost – and then reads Our Lord’s words about peace and his departure from St John’s Gospel.
During Pentecost, we will provide Fr Coleridge’s commentary on the Gospel – but for now, here are his reflections from the late work Mother of the Church: Mary in the First Apostolic Age. In this more reflective book, Fr Coleridge focuses on Our Lady’s role at the start of the Church.
Following the sections, we are providing some bonus articles on topics relevant to this feast.
Mary at the Day of Pentecost
Mother of the Church: Mary in the First Apostolic Age
Book I, Chapter III
Burns and Oates, 1886
Part I: How Pentecost confirmed Mary’s mission as Mother of the Church
Christ’s prayer ‘won’ the Holy Ghost for the Church—and made Our Lady the Mother of all Christians.
Part II: How St Peter’s Pentecost sermon revealed the Church’s mission
The fire of Pentecost revealed the Church’s universal mission—foretold in prophecy, aided by Mary’s prayer.
Part III: Mary and Converts: How Our Lady shaped the first Christians after Pentecost
The newly-baptised Christians clung to Mary as their living link to Christ—and she prayed them into holiness.
BONUS ARTICLES
How is Pentecost a fulfilment of the Jewish feast Shavuot?
‘The Feast of Weeks’ or ‘Shavuot’ fell on the anniversary of God giving the Torah to Moses on Sinai, and celebrated the first-fruits of the harvest. The Christian Pentecost fulfils both aspects.
“What is the New Covenant?” The Prophet Jeremiah and Cornelius à Lapide explain
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Some Jewish authorities say there can be no New Covenant or New Testament, because the Old was already perfect. What did Jeremiah actually prophesy?
'Open borders'—Leo XIV's Pentecost sermon (taking aim at JD Vance?)
What does it mean for Leo XIV to say ‘The Spirit opens borders’—and why did he repeat this phrase like a mantra in his Pentecost sermon?
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