Friday, May 14, 2010

Why we need the Holy Spirit

Theme: The whole of creation awaits fulfillment.
Readings: Isaiah 11:1-3
Catechism of the Catholic Church: 1831-32
Romans 8:18-23

Let us pray for a greater outpouring of the Holy Spirit on our youth, all children from birth through high school. Let us pray that God "will pour out His Spirit on all flesh." (Joel 2:28)

"It is the Spirit who bears witness in the hearts and on the lips of the saints that Christ is the truth, the true resurrection, and the life. Thus, the apostles who had previously doubted even after seeing his living body, after tasting his life-giving Spirit with great power gave testimony to his resurrection. So it is much more important to receive Jesus in our hearts than to see him with our eyes or hear him with our ears. The Spirit makes a much deeper impression on the interior man than material things make on the exterior senses." (from Blessed Guerric of Igny, quoted in Magnificat, May 2010, p. 156)
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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.