Tuesday, February 21, 2012

40 Days of Prayer and Fasting

The Lenten Journey begins.
Let us reflect: “Our sins can weigh us down with discouragement. Saint Ignatius of Loyola tells us that discouragement is never from God because it clouds faith and hope. God’s love does not deal in punishment as human vengeance does. God’s love disciplines us in order to free and purify us - sometimes a painful process - so that we may not die but live in Christ.” from Magnificat pg 252.

Let us begin this year’s journey with both feet firmly planted in the disciplines recommended by our mother, the Church, with one foot in fasting and the other in prayer:

    • remove the obstacles in your relationship with the Lord
      • deliver family members out of the clutches of the enemy

-from hatred

-from hardness of heart

-from unforgiveness and

-from apathy (indifference)

“This kind does not leave but by prayer and fasting.” Matthew 17:21 (Mark 9:29).

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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.