Unity for Pentecost 2020
Private community
In their own tradition, Nicky Gumbel (pioneer of Alpha), the Orthodox Archbishop of London, a Protestant pastor and a Catholic priest prepare each of us for the coming of the Holy Spirit.
9 days to discover the Holy Spirit and pray with one heart under the gaze of men of God of different Christian traditions.
The speakers
- NICKY GUMBEL: English Anglican priest, vicar of HTB in London and founder of ALPHA
- ARCHBISHOP ANGAELOS of London: the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London
- REV. STEVE BURSTON: English Anglican priest of St John the Baptist's Church, Crawley
- FATHER JESSE MAINGOT (O.P.): Catholic priest, Dominican, from Trinidad & Tobago
The program
Here are the contents of the 9 publications:
==> A word about the Holy Spirit from a Catholic priest, a Coptic Orthodox Archbishop or Protestant pastor answering any one of these questions: Who do you think the Holy Spirit is? Which biblical passage on the Holy Spirit speaks to you the most? How do you live with the Holy Spirit on a daily basis? (5 min audio or video)
==> A prayer of invocation to the Holy Spirit
==> A song to the Holy Spirit of the speaker's choice
Nicky Gumbel will be introducing and concluding the 9 days of prayer, via a Zoom interview.
9 days separate the Ascension of Jesus to Heaven from the descent of the Holy Spirit...
Join 9 days of waiting, in unity, with the same thirst to receive the well-known promise of the Father!
Pentecost, etymologically meaning "fiftieth", occurs 50 days after Easter. It is the feast of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and the birth of the Church. From the Upper Room of Jerusalem, the Church was constituted in its initial unity by the gift of the Holy Spirit.
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. - Acts 2:1-4
"They were all together in one place..."
Under Jesus' command, the apostles waited together for the One whom the Father had promised.
How could the Father's heart not be touched by the cry of his Church which with one voice, echoing that of the 12, asks him for "strength from on High"?
We are all part of the great assembly of those who received the apostolic mission at Pentecost. Let us come together, through this community of prayer, to receive a new fire of the Holy Spirit which will lead through all the Earth to proclaim the Gospel to the nations. Let us ask the Spirit of God to edify us with the same courage, strength and burning love that will keep us from remaining silent!
"Those who believe in Christ, united on the path marked out by the martyrs, cannot remain divided. » Encyclical Ut Unum Sint, St. JEAN-PAUL II
This prayer community is supported by the fraternity Holy Spirit House, located in the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, south of France. For more information, find their facebook page: FB page, their online prayer community Holy Spirit House and their website.