On the feast of Pentecost the Church recalls that, at the liturgy, this invitation of Jesus which, is not a vague recalling of a past event but the making present of the same event. As Pope St. Leo reminds us: “All those things which the Son of God both did and taught for the reconciliation of the world, we not only know in the account of things now past, but we also experience in the power of works which are present.” (Twelfth Homily on the Passion). This same teaching is repeated in the Vatican II document on the Liturgy: "Christ is present in His word, since it is He Himself who speaks when the Holy Scriptures are read in the Church.” (Document on the Liturgy, #7).

When we go to Mass on Pentecost Sunday, pay close attention with the “ears of your heart” so that the Lord can work within you a repetition of the gift of Pentecost. St. Peter’s speech, which we hear at the First Reading, reminds us that: "This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth that which you both see and hear.” (Acts 2:33). May all of us receive this outpouring of the Holy Spirit both for ourselves and our families and for all to whom we can impart an account of our experience.