The Fellowship of St. Columbanus

Acts 2:1-11 Psalm 104 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13/Galatians 5:16-25 I am eight months pregnant. This is obviously not something very unique, as millions of millions of women through time have at one point been in the same position. But I've been struggling with the waiting, trying to find ways to keep my mind and body busy with things that seem mostly quite trivial to me, while swinging from moments of energy to long bouts of lethargy. But at mass yesterday I was convicted of my impatience and self-pity, and prayed that the Spirit would give me strength to follow his lead in the things that I am called to, to be a good steward of the skills that he's given me for the growth of the Kingdom. I didn't at that point realize that today was Pentecost, and how appropriate my prayer was. Pentecost Jean Restout (1732) In our first reading in Acts, the drama of the scene and the speed of the action hits you in the face. The Spirit comes down with the sound of a strong driv