NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
(Nine days Novena)
ACT
OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
(To
be recited daily during the Novena)
On my knees I before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You, I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light, and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You, by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds, trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father, and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, "Speak Lord for Your servant heareth." Amen.
PRAYER
FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
(To be recited daily
during the Novena)
O Lord Jesus Christ Who,
before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your
work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy
Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your
love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of
this world and aspire only after the eternal things, the Spirit of
Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the
Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and
gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and
that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation,
the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in
the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of
God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a
loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark
me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all
things with Your Spirit. Amen.
FIRST DAY - Holy Spirit! Lord of
Light!
(Friday after Ascension)
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – Pray together
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT –
Pray together
Celebrant: Let us Pray
Almighty and eternal God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate us by
water and the Holy Spirit, and hast given us forgiveness all sins, vouchsafe to
send forth from heaven upon us your sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom and
Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge and
Piety, and fill us with the Spirit of Holy Fear. Amen.
Our Father, Hail
Mary and Glory be to the father …(ONCE)
SECOND DAY - The Gift of Fear
(Saturday after Ascension)
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – Pray together
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT –
Pray together
Celebrant: Let us Pray
Come, O blessed Spirit of Holy Fear, penetrate my inmost heart, that
I may set you, my Lord and God, before my face forever, help me to shun all
things that can offend You, and make me worthy to appear before the pure eyes
of Your Divine Majesty in heaven, where You live and reign in the unity of the
ever-Blessed Trinity, God world without end. Amen.
Our Father,
Hail Mary and Glory be to the father …(ONCE)
THIRD DAY - The Gift of Piety
(7th Sunday of Easter)
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – Pray together
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT –
Pray together
Celebrant: Let us Pray
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Piety, possess my heart. Enkindle therein such a love for God, that I may find satisfaction only in His service, and for His sake lovingly submit to all legitimate authority. Amen.
Our Father,
Hail Mary and Glory be to the father …(ONCE)
FOURTH DAY - The Gift of Fortitude
(Monday, 7th Sunday of Easter)
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – Pray together
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT –
Pray together
Celebrant: Let us Pray
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Fortitude, uphold my soul in times of trouble and adversity, sustain my efforts after holiness, strengthen my weakness, give me courage against all the assaults of my enemies, that I may never be overcome and separated from Thee, my God and greatest Good. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be to the father …(ONCE)
FIFTH DAY - The Gift of Knowledge
(Tuesday, 7th Sunday of Easter)
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – Pray together
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT –
Pray together
Celebrant: Let us Pray
Come, O Blessed
Spirit of Knowledge, and grant that I may perceive the will of the Father; show
me the nothingness of earthly things, that I may realize their vanity and use
them only for Thy glory and my own salvation, looking ever beyond them to Thee,
and Thy eternal rewards. Amen.
Our Father,
Hail Mary and Glory be to the father …(ONCE)
SIXTH DAY - The Gift of Understanding
(Wednesday, 7th Sunday of Easter)
ACT
OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – Pray together
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT –
Pray together
Celebrant: Let us Pray
Come, O Spirit of Understanding, and enlighten our minds, that we
may know and believe all the mysteries of salvation; and may merit at last to
see the eternal light in Thy Light; and in the light of glory to have a clear
vision of Thee and the Father and the Son. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be to the father …(ONCE)
SEVENTH
DAY - The Gift of
Counsel
(Thursday, 7th Sunday of Easter)
ACT
OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – Pray together
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT –
Pray together
Celebrant: Let us Pray
Come, O Spirit of Counsel, help and guide me in all my ways, that I
may always do Thy holy will. Incline my heart to that which is good; turn it
away from all that is evil, and direct me by the straight path of Thy
commandments to that goal of eternal life for which I long and the Father and
the Son. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be to the father …(ONCE)
EIGHTH
DAY - The Gift of
Wisdom
(Friday, 7th Sunday of Easter)
ACT
OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – Pray together
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT –
Pray together
Celebrant: Let us Pray
Come, O Spirit of Wisdom, and reveal to my soul the mysteries of
heavenly things, their exceeding greatness, power, and beauty. Teach me to love
them above and beyond all the passing joys and satisfactions of earth. Help me
to attain them and possess them forever. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be to the father …(ONCE)
NINTH DAY
- The Fruits
of the Holy Spirit
(Saturday, Vigil of Pentecost)
ACT
OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT – Pray together
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT –
Pray together
Celebrant: Let us Pray
Come, O Divine Spirit, fill my heart with Thy heavenly fruits, Thy
charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, faith, mildness, and
temperance, that I may never weary in the service of God, but by continued
faithful submission to Thy inspiration may merit to be united eternally with
Thee in the love of the Father and the Son. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be to the father …(ONCE)
Come, Holy Spirit. Spirit
of truth, you are the reward of the saints, the comforter of souls, light in
the darkness, riches to the poor, treasure to lovers, food for the hungry,
comfort to those who are wandering; to sum up, you are the one in whom all treasures
are contained. Come! As you descended upon Mary that the Word might become
flesh, work in us through grace as you worked in her through nature and grace.
Come! Food of every chaste thought, the fountain of all mercy, the sum of all purity.
Come! Consume in us whatever prevents us from being consumed in you. - St.
Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
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