The Seven Gifts of The Holy Spirit

Come Creator Spirit to visit us,
Come to enlighten the soul of thy sons;
Fill our hearts with grace and light,
Thee who created everything with love,
Thee, the gift, the envoy of the Most High God,
Thou made Thyself our defensor,
Thou art Love, Fire, and the Spring of Life.
 Strength and Sweetness of the grace of the Lord,
 Give us the seven gifts of Thy Love,
 Thee, the finger that works in the name of the Father,
 Thee whose Kingdom and Coming He promised us,
 Thee who inspires our tongues to sing.
 Bring Clarity into us, inflame us
 Spread in our hearts the Love of the Father,
 Come and strengthen our bodies in their weakness,
 Give them everlasting vigour.
 Chase away the fiend that threatens us,
Hasten to give us peace,
 So that we walk under Thy guidance and our lives be cleansed of all sins.
 Let us see the face of the Most High.
 And reveal to us that of the Son, Thee, the Sprit common to both that brings them together.
 Come into our hearts so that we forever believe in Thee.
 Glory to God, our Father in heaven, Glory to the Son who is from hell arisen,
Glory to the Spirit of Strength and Wisdom.
For ever and ever.
 Amen

Preparation for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit, third Person of the Blessed Trinity, Spirit of truth, love and holiness, proceeding from the Father and the Son, and equal to Them in all things, I adore You and love You with all my heart.

Dearest Holy Spirit, confiding in your deep, personal love for me, I am making this novena for the following request, if it should be Your holy Will to grant it: (mention your request).

Teach me, Divine Spirit, to know and seek my last end; grant me the holy fear of God; grant me true contrition and patience. Do not let me fall into sin. Give me an increase of faith, hope, and charity, and bring forth in my soul all the virtues proper to my state of life.

Make me a faithful disciple of Jesus and an obedient child of the Church. Give me efficacious grace sufficient to keep the commandments and to receive the sacraments worthily. Give me the four Cardinal Virtues, Your Seven Gifts, Your Twelve Fruits. Raise me to perfection in the state of life to which You have called me and lead me through a happy death to everlasting life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

7 Sundays with the Holy Spirit 

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day, our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And let us not enter into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen

Pentecost Novena

Come Holy Spirit, enkindle the hearts and minds of all people throughout the world, the sick, the suffering, the forgotten, the abandoned, the rejected, those who reject you, all leaders and nations. Come Oh most Holy Spirit, we beg you to enkindle all of your people with the fire of your love, to send forth your Spirit and renew the face of this earth. Amen. 



Lighting Fires - A Holy Spirit Retreat

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