{"id":4813,"date":"2026-05-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=4813"},"modified":"2026-05-23T17:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:23:43","slug":"the-abundant-generosity-of-the-holy-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2026\/05\/24\/the-abundant-generosity-of-the-holy-spirit\/uncategorized\/4813\/","title":{"rendered":"The abundant generosity of the Holy Spirit."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ABUNDANCE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My final Eastertide word is ABUNDANCE. All of Eastertide expresses the overflowing abundance of God\u2019s love for us. That\u2019s especially true as we celebrate the ABUNDANCE of gifts the Holy Spirit showers on us at Pentecost.

This comes to mind when I reflect on our Pentecost tapestry and how it highlights the themes of the feast, listing our hopes for the coming of the Spirit into our lives:

\u201cCome, cleanse, renew, heal, guide, fill, strengthen.\u201d
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I often find myself thinking that it seems a little bit crowded. The words seem to be jostling for space, almost overflowing the narrow hanging. This thought was in my mind as I read the first reading from St Paul\u2019s first letter to the Corinthians. He tells us:

\u201cThere is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are all sorts of service to be done, but always to the same Lord; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them.\u201d<\/em>

In the light of his words I it seems hardly surprising that the words on the tapestry seem to burst out of the available space. Pentecost is a feast overflowing with a generosity and energy that are impossible to contain. The variety of gifts God pours out at Pentecost cannot be contained.

They overflow, just like the words on our tapestry, insisting that we use them in all sorts of different ways to help, support and nurture the people of our times.

Just as the disciples were compelled to reach out to the world by wind and fire the Spirit demands that we burst out of whatever upper room imprisons us to share her gifts generously with our needy world.

What gift of the Spirit do you want to overflow in your heart this Pentecost?
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