PENTECOST NOVENA Creator Spirit, all divine Come, visit every one of us And fill with your celestial flame The hearts which you yourself did frame. O gift of God, yours is the sweet Consoling name of Paraclete, And spring of life and fire of love, And unction flowing from above. The mystic sevenfold gifts are yours, Finger of God’s right hand divine The Father’s promise sent to teach The tongue a rich and heavenly speech. Kindle with fire brought from above, Each sense and fill our hearts with love And grant our flesh so weak and frail The strength of yours which cannot fail. Drive far away our deadly foe And grant us your true peace to know So we, led by your guidance still May safely pass through every ill. To us through you the grace be shown To know the Father and the Son And Spirit of them both may we Forever rest our faith in Thee. To God the Father, let us sing To God the Son, our risen Lord And equally let us adore The Spirit, God, forever more. Amen.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be Created And you shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray, O God, on the first Pentecost, you instructed the hearts of those who believed in you by the light of the Holy Spirit. Under the inspiration of the same Spirit, give us a taste for what is right and true, and a continuing sense of Her joy-bringing presence and power through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen FIRST DAY “God is light; there is no darkness in him at all.” 1 John 1:5 All of us are hungry and longing for light. We need light to live, to find strength, joy and beauty. God, the Holy Spirit, is the source of all light. The Holy Spirit sends it forth to all of us. Our task is to accept it and follow where it leads. God, Holy Spirit, guide me always in your holy light! SECOND DAY “But you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses […], and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8
Every inspiration is indeed a word of God coming to us from his wisdom and mercy. Such an inspiration is a manifestation of the Spirit’s will, a gift of God’s goodness, a breath of God’s Spirit. God
comes to us in such inspirations. The Holy Spirit acts in our intentions in the very depths of our soul. God, Holy Spirit, fill my whole being with your divine inspirations! THIRD DAY “I have come to bring fire to the earth; and how I wish it were blazing!” Lk 12:49 God the Holy Spirit is the stream of fire that enkindles our hearts. Fire is powerful and if not contained is able to consume many things. At the same time fire is also able to purify things better then water. The Holy Spirit has such power. God, Holy Spirit send your holy fire into my heart to purify it completely! FOURTH DAY “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.” Lk 4:18 The Holy Spirit instructs us in the realization of our goal. The Holy Spirit would like to find us ever watchful, ever active. The Spirit’s grace is readily available to anyone who sincerely strives. The apostolic spirit does not depend only on prayer and the offering of our doings and sufferings; it must be a deep, genuine attitude in all our desires and endeavors, in the complete surrender of all that we are and have. God, Holy Spirit, grant us the grace of apostolic zeal!