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Pentecost Season · Pentecost Sunday: Day Mass · Year A

1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13

One Spirit, Many Gifts, One Body

May 24, 2026

Pentecost, Jean II Restout
Pentecost, Jean II Restout, 1732Musée du Louvre, Paris
Restout paints the upper room as a vast architectural space with the flames small and the wind doing most of the work, the figures blown rather than posed.This is the day the church is given what it has been waiting for, and the painting keeps the room bigger than the people in it.Jean II RestoutA French painter (1692-1768) from a long dynasty of painters, who kept a serious religious practice going through a century that mostly wanted something lighter.Musée du Louvre, ParisA royal palace turned public museum by the Revolution in 1793, on the principle that what the king had owned now belonged to everyone.Musée du Louvre, Paris
Roman Lectionary
GospelJohn 20:19-23Jn 20:19-23
Second Reading1 Cor. 12:3b-7, 12-131 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13Alt. 2nd ReadingSequence: Veni Sancte SpiritusSequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus
First ReadingActs 2:1-11
Responsorial PsalmPs. 104:1ab+24ac, 29bc-30, 31+34 (cf 30)Ps 104:1ab+24ac, 29bc-30, 31+34 (cf 30)

Overview & Insights

"There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit." (1 Corinthians 12:4)

Paul teaches that the many gifts, ministries, and works all come from one Spirit for the common good. He compares the church to a single body with many members, all baptized into one Spirit.

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Commentary

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 (Day of Pentecost)Commentary on 1 Cor 12:3b-13 (Day of Pentecost) Working Preacher

The lectionary voice on the one Spirit who gives varied gifts.

1 Corinthians 12 Commentary1 Cor 12 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse study of spiritual gifts and the one body.

1 Corinthians 12:3 Commentaries1 Cor 12:3 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentators gathered on the gifts of the one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12 Commentary1 Cor 12 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed study notes and cross references on the chapter.

Background & Word Study

1 Corinthians 12 (Douay-Rheims with Haydock)1 Cor 12 (Douay-Rheims with Haydock) New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia

The Catholic text with Haydock's notes on the one Spirit and many members.

Book of 1 Corinthians OverviewBook of 1 Cor Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the letter on unity and the body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:3 Interlinear1 Cor 12:3 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek word by word of no one saying Jesus is Lord except by the Spirit.

The Church Fathers

1 Corinthians 12 - Catena1 Cor 12 - Catena Catena

Patristic comment on the gifts of the Spirit from the Church Fathers.

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