Pentecost

We have arbitrarily separated Pentecost and the Sundays immediately following it from the Easter Season. This was done to accommodate the amount of time necessary to prepare all of the documentation for the entire Easter Season than for anything else.
For more details about Pentecost and its celebration use this link to CRI Voice: www.crivoice.org/cypentecost.html

50 days after the Easter celebration is ushered in remembering Jesus’ Resurrection as the Christ we turn to celebrate and remember the coming of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles.

The precursor of Pentecost was a Jewish festival in the Old Testament celebrating 50 days after Passover as well as coinciding with the spring harvest of fruits and vegetables. By the time of Jesus it had begun to evolve into a celebration of the religious history of the Jews, culminating in the early centuries after Jesus’ death and resurrection with an emphasis on the Torah as God’s gift to His people, Israel.

The Church focuses on the Spirit of God in the world in the three weeks starting with Pentecost and culminating in the Body and Blood of Christ. As followers of Jesus we are charged with the responsibility to “teach all the nations.” We gain sustenance for our mission from these three very intensive weeks of celebrating the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives and remembering what Jesus taught and what His mission was – the salvation and freedom of all humanity from the bondage of self-absorption and the evil in our world.

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We've also included a link to "The Word" column from America Magazine for each liturgy (if available). The articles are from the last Year C Cycle (2007) but are still useful and thought-provoking for your preparation efforts.