Gifts for the Commons and Harvest of Justice

The Rev. Canon Anna E. Rossi
Pentecost Day
Acts 2:1-21
Psalm 104:25-35, 37
Romans 8:22-27
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
We gather in homage to the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity, revealed in various forms and as the Spirit of Truth. Today's festival is also a festival of justice, one that may confound our expectations and upend our sense of comfort. Building common understanding means designing our lives, personal and collective in such a way that we who have much come to reflect that the truth that everything we are and have is a gift from God,
And so intentionally conserve a portion of what is "ours," for the last and the least. This commitment aligns with Anglican theology, urging compassion and care for all. And it is grounded in our baptism covenant, which renew today in faith and and where we invoke the Spirit's guidance for a just and peaceful community.