Novena to the Holy Spirit, Day 3
May 21, 2023
Seventh Sunday of Easter
(Feast of the Ascension in some dioceses)
Dear Family of Mary!
This
is Day 3 the Novena to the Holy Spirit. It will consist of a message
from Our Lady of Medjugorje, a prayer written by St. John Henry Newman,
and the Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. We can all
include our own petitions! Let's expect great things on Pentecost!
Novena to the Holy Spirit, Day 3
April
25, 2015 "Dear children! I am with you also today to lead you to
salvation. Your soul is restless because your spirit is weak and tired
from all worldly things. You, little children, pray to the Holy Spirit
that He may transform you and fill you with His strength of faith and
hope, so that you may be firm in this battle against evil. I am with you
and intercede for you before my Son Jesus. Thank you for having
responded to my call."
In
this message, Our Lady recognizes that our souls can become restless
and our spirits weak and tired due to the stresses and concerns of the
world. Many of those stresses are due to the activity of the evil one.
Fighting him, we must cling to our hope as the answer to all his lies
and temptations. Our hope will sustain us in good and in prayer. Through
hope, we await the deliverance of the Lord, joyfully!
In the Catechism of the Catholic Church it says:
1817
Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven
and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ's
promises and relying not on our own strength, but on the help of the
grace of the Holy Spirit. "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope
without wavering, for he who promised is faithful." "The Holy Spirit . .
. he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that
we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal
life."
Thank
you, dearest Mother, for giving us your hope, the hope that comes from
Heaven in your heart! Through your hope and the power of the Holy Spirit
we will grow in hope, and win every battle!
The Paraclete, the Fount of Love
(A prayer by St. John Henry Newman)
My God, I adore You, as the Third Person of the Ever-Blessed Trinity,
under the name and designation of Love.
You are that Living Love, wherewith the Father and the Son love each other.
And You are the Author of supernatural love in our hearts.
"Fons vivus, ignis, charitas."
("Living fountain, fire, charity.")
As a fire You came down from heaven on the day of Pentecost;
and as a fire You burn away the dross of sin and vanity in the heart
and light up the pure flame of devotion and affection.
It is You who unite heaven and earth
by showing to us the glory and beauty of the Divine Nature,
and making us love what is in Itself so winning and transporting.
I adore You, O uncreated and everlasting Fire,
by which our souls live,
by which alone they are made fit for heaven. Amen
The Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit touches on all of them:
O
Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to
send the Holy Ghost to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and
Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me, that He may
perfect in my soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love.
Grant me:
the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal,
the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Thy 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 Thee, 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,
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 Thy true disciples and animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
(c)Mary TV 2023
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