Pentecost Sunday St. Paul explains and underlines in the Second Reading when he says: “It was in one Spirit that all of us, whether Jew or Greek, slave or free, were baptized into one body. All of us have been given to drink of the one Spirit” (I Cor 12: 13). The Church must always become anew what she already is; she must open the borders between peoples and break down the barriers between class and race. In her, there cannot be those who are forgotten or looked down upon. In the Church there are only free brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ. The wind and fire of the Holy Spirit must continually break down those barriers that we men and women continue to build between us; we must continually pass from Babel – being closed in on ourselves – to Pentecost. Thus, we must continually pray that the Holy Spirit opens us and gives us the grace of understanding, so that we become the People of God deriving from all peoples. St Paul tells us more along these lines: in Christ, who as the one Bread feeds all of us in the Eucharist and draws us to him in his Body wracked on the Cross, we must become only one body and one spirit.       Prayer Come, Holy Spirit, live in us With God the Father and the Son, And grant us your abundant grace To sanctify and make us one. May mind and tongue made strong in love Your praise throughout the world proclaim, And may that love within our hearts Set fire to others with its flame. Most blessed Trinity of love, For whom the heart of man was made, To you be praise in timeless song, And everlasting homage paid. Amen.