PENTECOST
PENTECOST is not the feast of the Holy Ghost, it is the
feast of his descent upon us. The Son of God came down and was made
man in the womb of Mary. The Holy Ghost came down and was made human
in the souls of Christians. When Jesus was ripe for birth, he left
Mary's womb, to grow up and be himself. He outgrew first her womb
and then her lap, first her protection, last her person and her mind.
But as the Holy Ghost grows in us, it is not he but we who grow.
He does not grow up and leave us behind, we grow up into him. He
becomes the spring and substance of our mind and heart. He is the
never failing fountain of which Jesus spoke to the Samaritaness.
We break up the stony rubbish of our life again and again, to find and
release the well of living water.
