on this great feast of Pentecost, we receive with a gift of the holy spirit, a restoration of God’s people to his original plan for them that the law of God, their way of life would now be printed on their heart. His will would be their will, which begins to unlock something for us. And that is that Pentecost should be understood in terms of restoration, not in terms of invention. In other words, the church was not invented on Pentecost. The church was restored to God’s original plan on Pentecost.
https://www.catholic.com/audio/caf/is-pentecost-the-birthday-of-the-church
St. Basil affirms that Pentecost is less a birthday and more a restoration:
"Through the Holy Spirit we are restored to paradise, ascend to the kingdom of heaven, recover the adoption of sons, may boldly call God our own Father, are made partakers of the grace of Christ, are called children of light, partake of eternal glory, and, in a word, enjoy the fulness of blessing both in this world and in that which is to come; the rich treasures of the promises are ours, and through faith we have the fruition of them, as if they were present, since we see the grace as in a mirrior."
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