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Pentecost Season · Pentecost Sunday: Vigil · Year C

Psalm 104:1-2a, 24+35c, 27-28, 29b-30 (cf. 30)

God Renews the Face of the Earth

El Río de Luz (The River of Light), Frederic Edwin Church
El Río de Luz (The River of Light), Frederic Edwin Church, 1877National Gallery of Art, Washington
A tropical river so full of light that the water, the mist and the air are all the same gold.O Lord my God, you are clothed with majesty and splendour, wrapped in light as with a garment.Frederic Edwin ChurchChurch, who went to South America twice and came back painting light itself.National Gallery of Art, WashingtonThe National Gallery of Art, Washington.National Gallery of Art, Washington

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"When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground." (Psalm 104:30)

This hymn praises God as the Creator who sustains every living thing, giving and withdrawing breath. The lectionary selects the verses celebrating God's Spirit renewing creation, fitting the Pentecost theme.

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