Pentecost AD 2026

“And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” This is how Saint Luke describes what took place fifty days after Easter: Jesus fulfilled His promise to send upon the apostles the gift of the Father — the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of God opened both their minds and their tongues, enabling them to understand God’s marvelous plan of salvation and to proclaim it in a way that everyone could comprehend.

Pentecost is often compared with the story of Babel. There, men wanted to build a tower reaching up to heaven, but God confused their languages so that they could no longer understand one another, and the work came to nothing. At Pentecost, however, God did not restore a single common language; instead, He gave many languages — yet in such a way that the same message was proclaimed through them all, and people from many different nations were able to understand what they heard.

What is especially important here is that the apostles proclaimed only what the Spirit gave them to speak. Equally important is that the Holy Spirit opened the ears, minds, and hearts of those listening, so that they could truly receive and understand the message proclaimed to them. The power of the apostles’ preaching did not come from themselves, but from the Holy Spirit.

This is precisely how we must bear witness to Jesus and to the salvation He has brought: in words that everyone can understand, not trusting in our own wisdom or ideas, but in the power of the Holy Ghost. And we should speak with such sincerity and fervor that no one would remain untouched by by the joyful message of salvation.