Pentecost Sunday 2024. Following the hebrew calendar, the jewish festival of shavuot begins at sundown on tuesday, june 11, 2024, concluding. In his homily for the solemnity of pentecost, pope francis reflects on how the holy spirit, operating in the church with power and gentleness, never leaves us alone, and, if we let him, gives us his presence and gifts to accomplish that for which us, alone, would have otherwise been impossible.

The coming of the holy spirit The lord brings to nought the plans of nations;