Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jun 1, 2009 / 20:08 pm
Bishop Oscar Sarlinga of Zarate-Campana in Argentina reminded the faithful on Saturday that “without the lasting effect of Pentecost on the Church, she would merely be a human organization, a structure without a soul.”
On the eve of Pentecost, the bishop issued a pastoral message referring to the Solemnity as “a call to evangelize anew, with one heart and one soul, breaking down every wall of division.”
“With the great event of Pentecost, the beginning of the Church’s mission in the unity desired by Christ, the Holy Spirit softly intervenes in the first Christian community, with Peter at the head, and infinitely overcomes the rupture and dispersion which began at Babel and became the cause of confusion in so many hearts.