{"id":4100,"date":"2026-05-24T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/?p=4100"},"modified":"2026-05-24T13:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:01:46","slug":"pentecost-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/24\/pentecost-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentecost Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This celebration of the word consists of readings corresponding to the Revised Common Lectionary, and music appropriate to the occasion. Pentecost is the \u201c50th day\u201d after the feast of Passover, and was the occasion of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pentecost-Sunday-2026.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prelude: J.S. Bach, \u201cKomm, Gott Sch\u00f6pfer, Heiliger Geist\u201d (\u201cCome, God Creator, Holy Ghost\u201d), performed by Aldo Locatelli, public domain. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opening acclamation, Psalm 51:15.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesson 1: Acts 2:1-21 World English Bible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music: Thomas Tallis: \u201cLoquebantur, Varii Linguis.\u201d \u00a0Performed by the Tudor Consort, available in Public Domain.\u00a0 Translation: \u201cT<em>he Apostles spoke in many languages of the great works of God, as the Holy Spirit gave them the gift of speech, alleluia. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psalm 104:24-34, 35b.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesson 2: 1 Corinthians 12:3-13, World English Bible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gospel: John 17:1-11, World English Bible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Lord\u2019s Prayer: etting by Phillippe Radcliffe (1905-1986), performed at Kerke de Laurens, Rotterdam, in 2020. Used in accordance with the Creative Commons license.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Closing Prayer (sung): \u201cSpirit of the Living God\u201d, sung by the congregation of Faith United Methodist Church in South Burlington, Vermont on Pentecost Sunday 2014, used in accordance with Creative Commons License <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organ postlude: \u201cVeni Creator Spiritus\u201d by Rien van Binnendijk at Esztergom, used in accordance with Creative Commons license.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This celebration of the word consists of readings corresponding to the Revised Common Lectionary, and music appropriate to the occasion. Pentecost is the \u201c50th day\u201d after the feast of Passover, and was the occasion of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,65,27],"tags":[1490,1489,1402,677,1172,1222,1202,83,1216,1233],"class_list":["post-4100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feasts-and-seasons","category-music","category-underground-church","tag-spirit-of-the-living-god","tag-veni-creator-spiritus","tag-loquebantur-varii-linguis","tag-feasts-and-seasons","tag-johann-sebastian-bach","tag-pentecost-season","tag-revised-common-lectionary","tag-thomas-tallis","tag-virtual-church-service","tag-year-a"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4103,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100\/revisions\/4103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}