Friends, it was fitting that on the day the Church celebrates the great solemnity of Pentecost that I offered Mass and imparted the Sacrament of Confirmation at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish. On the day of Pentecost that we remember that it is the Holy Spirit that animates and compels the Church to enact its mission in the world. This mission is given to the Church by Christ- it is not something we create for ourselves through our own desires or willfulness, but a gift we receive and are called