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Berlin, Pentecost Sunday, May 12, 1932.
Pentecost, or Whit Sunday, is the fiftieth day after Easter, often called the "birthday of the church. " The text for the day-Acts 2-recalls the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Jesus' disciples. Since ancient times, the church has observed Pentecost Sunday with the celebration of baptisms. We have here Bonhoeffer's homily when he baptized his eight-month-old nephew Thomas, son of Klaus and Emmi Bonhoeffer, on a Pentecost Sunday at his parents' home. It includes a quotation from 1 Corinthians 13, a text on which Bonhoeffer would preach a sermon series two years later.