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The most potent symbol of Pentecost is fire – the “flames like tongues of fire” that appear to the disciples of Jesus gathered in the upper room and which come “to rest on each one.” And the fire itself is the sign of the Holy Spirit with which the disciples are filled and so transformed

We light our chalice to affirm the values we hold dear, to remember the “flames like tongues of fire” at Pentecost, and we light it to profess the Spirit that gives us life, the Breath of God which is our life and the life of the world.