Charity registration No. SC002876   Sunday May 23rd. 2010 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Main Menu Notices 2 Page 4 Page 5 Notices Pentecost Sunday When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together  in one place.  And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush  of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they  were sitting.  Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a  tongue of fire rested on each of them.  All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to  speak in other languages, as the spirit gave them ability Immediately before Our Lord ascended into heaven, he gave  these instructions to his Apostles:   Go out and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of  the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They went forth with joy to commence  this great work given  to them by their Master, but very shortly  met with threats to  their life. They sought refuge in the one place they knew  where they would be safe and close to Our Lord, the room  where the Last Supper took place. Here they gathered round  Our Lady who became the centre of unity and gave them  strength. They would have filled the command given to them  only weeks before - do this in memory of me—and would  have celebrated mass in the presence of Mary, and received  the very Body and Blood of Christ and the assurance of his  presence with them. They were aware of the promise that Our Lord made that  shortly he would send them his Holy Spirit who would  confirm and strengthen them in their faith. They were unsure  what this meant, but the moment the Holy Spirit descended on  them on that first Pentecost morning, they were changed men;  they opened the doors and windows which had been closed to  conceal them, and burst forth into the world to start their  evangelisation. In one day, over 3,000 were converted to the  Christian faith—people from different countries with their