Come and join us for the birthday of the Church. The disciples were still hiding away in a house, somewhere in Jerusalem, on a feast day (feast not specified) when a tremendous wind filled the place and the disciples started speaking in other languages. Imagine the noise! It's hardly surprising that a crowd gathered to find out what was going on, or that people thought the disciples were drunk. The remarkable thing is that the many nationalities in the crowd heard their own languages being spoken; they did not need any interpreters. Peter speaks to the crowd and tells them that the prophesy of Joel is being fulfilled; the Holy Spirit is being poured out on all people to herald the coming of the day of the Lord. Let us pray that the Holy Spirit is poured out on the whole Church, including our church of St Michael and All Angels.