We want to be fully the individuals God created us to be – always in the service of God and the service of the other. That means discerning the different influences acting upon us. What comes from the Holy Spirit, what comes from the spirit of the world? When we accept humbly the word of Scripture and the teaching of the Church, we know this is from the Holy Spirit. When we sacrifice our time and our priorities in the service of others, we know this is from the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is working within us to build up unity and in this unity we experience the love of God and the love of neighbour.

“[Monday], the Catholic faithful in China celebrate the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, the celestial patron of their great country,” Pope Francis told the faithful following the Regina coeli prayer on Pentecost Sunday.

Pentecost this year falls on 23rd May.

The Pope prayed that the Holy Spirit would 'blow upon our world the soothing warmth of peace and the refreshing cool of hope'

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About 30,000 people from 127 nations attended including 50 bishops and more than 800 priests

The Pope said the charismatic movement was not 'Catholic' but ecumenical

Pope tells faithful at Pentecost Mass, 'We were made to be God's children'