King Arthur and the Need for Knights

For most Christians, today is the Feast of Pentecost. This Old Testament feast is also a New Testament feast, for it was during this feast in Jerusalem that the Holy Spirit was sent down on the eleven apostles (Judas having hanged himself) gathered around Mary, the Lord’s mother, in prayer. It is often known as the birthday of the Christian Church. There is much to learn from this event as told in the Acts of the Apostles. Yet this writer is thinking about King Arthur and his knights. For the tales of Arthur give us a vision, if incomplete as all are, of the attempt to live out Christian faith and duty in this world of wonders and betrayal.