But it's also a symbol of the Holy Spirit; the olive branch is a metaphor for peace. In Matthew 3:16, a dove was used as a holy messenger that appeared when Jesus was baptized to communicate that ...

VATICAN CITY — Talk about your angry birds. A crow and a seagull attacked two white doves released by children standing next to Pope Francis on Sunday at St. Peter’s Square. The birds of prey ...

Holy Spirit verses to know ... There are two symbols in the New Testament that are associated with the Holy Spirit — a dove and the ... “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace ...

That’s the Holy Spirit I see at work among us this Pentecost as an interfaith network launches the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival with 40 Days of Nonviolent Action ...

For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.” (Lk 12:11) Some of the words of Jesus feel true and right and fitting. Some of them, less so.

People who receive and give the sign of peace "should be men and women of peace" and not ruin "the peace made by the Holy Spirit with your tongue," the pope said during his general audience.

In this way, "you desire to dedicate yourselves not only to the church but also open yourselves to her universal dimensions, making your own the intentions of the Holy Father, especially for peace and ...

2023 Epiphany Dove Bearer carries family tradition and holy spirit BY Saundra Weathers Tampa UPDATED 9:35 AM ET Jan. 05, 2023 PUBLISHED 4:24 PM ET Jan. 04, 2023 PUBLISHED 4:24 PM EST Jan. 04, 2023 ...

‘We are not far from where the Holy Spirit descended with power on Jesus of Nazareth after his baptism by John in the River Jordan,’ he noted in his May 24 Mass in Amman.