Saturday, May 29, 2010

The truth that sets you free

Scripture: Mark 11: 27-33
Grace: To be honest with ourselves -- and the Lord

"Humans cannot attain a state of happiness without conversion, a complete reorientation of their entire existence. It cannot be achieved by their own effort; it can only result from the supreme freedom which God bestows as soon as we cease to hedge ourselves round with self-sufficiency, isolation, and arrogance...how?...We must know the truth about ourselves without equivocation; we must be brought to the point of absolute honesty before ourselves and before others...The truth shall set you free - and freedom, in every part of life, is all that matters." -- Fr Alfred Delp, SJ in Magnificat, May 2010, p. 396
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Novena to the Holy Spirit

"Wait for the promise of the Father...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you." Acts 1:5,6

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.