Pentecost: relighting the candles of faith
Would it have been a disaster if our 4 year old son had blown out the candles? Probably not. We could have re-lit them. It could have been embarrassing though. We were visiting Clifton Cathedral (Catholic), in Bristol. Thankfully for us the building was more or less empty at the time. Our younger son, standing in front of a stand holding a ring of votive candles alight with flames thought 'birthday cake candles'. He filled his little lungs with air ready to make an enormous effort to blow the candles out. I grabbed and diverted him just in time. The candles stayed lit. So, what has that memory got to do with the Feast of Pentecost? 3 things: In that same Cathedral is the beautiful stained glass window by Henry Haig entitled 'Pentecost', symbolising the event recounted in Acts 2: 1 - 11 . I love it! There is also another window by the same artist called 'Jubilation', symbolizing the joy of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost ('Whit Sunday')...