We Are Called to Know Him

A Reflection on the Second Reading for Sunday, May 19th, 2024:
Pentecost Sunday

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1 Corinthians
12.3b-7, 12-13

Brothers and sisters: No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Pause. Pray. Reflect.

This passage from Corinthians celebrates the uniqueness of the human experience. It’s also a reminder that as Christians, we are called into community with one another. Collectively, our individual existences form a beautiful mosaic, a body, that reveals more of who God is. “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.”

I find it very enlightening to hear the lived experiences of my fellow Catholics about how they’ve witnessed God in their lives and how they have come to know Jesus is Lord. I believe that everyone has wisdom to share that offers a piece of knowledge of who God is. The Lord has given us all unique gifts and experiences so that we may personally come to know Him. 

I pray that each of us may have the courage to testify to God’s glory in our lives so that the Holy Spirit may move others to say, “Jesus is Lord”. Amen.




​Ronnie Noonan-Birch

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