Three Feasts

Eastertide draws to a close with three major feasts of the Christian calendar: Ascension, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday.

The Ascension of the Lord recalls Jesus’ ascent into heaven and his seating at the right hand of the Father. On this day, we remember the eternality of Jesus’ way—Divine Love, cultivated through the ongoing pattern of God’s transformational activity—life, death, and resurrection.

The Feast of Pentecost (from the Greek pentekoste, meaning “fiftieth”) is the culmination of our Easter celebration. On the fiftieth day of Easter, we remember that God sent the Holy Spirit to inspire human beings to embody Jesus’ loving way of life in the world.

Trinity Sunday is a feast day the universal Church has commemorated since 1334 A.D. In one sense, every Sunday is a festival of the Trinity because the whole Trinity is at work in every moment, brooding over chaos and calling forth life, catching creation up into the dance of renewal and transformation. Co-equal, self-giving, mutually loving, the ancient picture of the Trinity as a dancing circle, perichoresis, invites all humanity into the all-inclusive feast of belonging.

Learn more about the Christian calendar here.

Current series

Christian Feasts & Cinematic Motifs

Feast Days are specific days of the year in the liturgical calendar that mark significant Christian moments, which hold particular meaning. Two of these important Feasts include Ascension of the Lord and Pentecost. Ascension of the Lord recalls Jesus’ ascent into heaven where he is seated at the right hand of God; Pentecost recalls the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ followers. Ascent and descent; eternal life and inspired life. This sermon series aims to celebrate these feasts through film that illuminates the eternality of love and the goodness of inspiration.