The Feast of Pentecost: The Fire Has Fallen
*Feast of Pentecost – The Fire Has Fallen*
Blessed Feast of Pentecost, dear brothers and sisters.
The nine days of waiting are over. The fire has fallen.
The feast day reflection is now on the blog, drawing on the prayers and readings of our own Pentecosti service alongside the Syriac patristic tradition.
It sits with the three-service structure of the feast, the theology of the sprinkling of blessed water, the tripartite gift of the Trinity poured out on the gathered community, and the connection between Pentecost and the theology of theosis that gives the Seeking Theosis blog its name.
One line from the liturgy has stayed with me through the morning: _the opening prayer that asks to be made worthy to receive the spiritual drink of the new wine of the Comforter Spirit._
The new wine is being poured on the morning of Pentecosti Sunday. May our vessels be open to receive it.
Come, Holy Spirit. Ta Ruha d-Qudsha. Come.
