After the resurrection and through the new “body” of Christ is the Church, gathered as sign and sacrament of God’s all-pervasive presence.
Peter compares Christ to a ‘living stone’ and John has Jesus set himself as: ‘The Way, the Truth and the Life.’
Peter offers the whole of humanity the answer to its condition through the free hope in Christ.
Christ is raised up to heaven and prepares the disciples for the coming of the Holy Spirit.
We have an image of the earliest gathering which provides a model of the synodal church we are presently being called to explore.
Pentecost is the fulfilment of the promise of the Holy Spirit, now and forever poured out across the world.