Diversity in Unity: The Solemnity of Pentecost
In his book Desert Banquet: A Year of Wisdom from the Desert Mothers and Fathers , David G. R. Kelly reflected on these words from Pseudo-Macarius : “The heart directs and governs all the organs of the body. And when grace pastures the heart, it rules over all the members and the thoughts. For there, in the heart, the mind abides as well as all of the thoughts of the soul and its hopes. This is how grace penetrates throughout all the parts of the body.” Pseudo-Macarius understood that the heart is that place where a person’s spirit and the Spirit of God exist together. The mind, the seat of rational thought, is made complete when it abides in the heart and becomes enlightened by “all the thoughts of the soul and all its hopes.” Although our mind is an essential part of who we are, we are only at our best when our minds and hearts move together. Pentecost by He-Qi In the Gospel of John, Jesus promised his Apostles, “the Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father wil...