Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit

The Novena starts today ~ May 10th and ends on Pentecost Saturday, May 18th.

On Ascension Day begins the nine days of waiting and preparing, together with the Apostles and Mary, the coming of the Holy Spirit. These are the days when families should discuss the "Gifts of the Holy Ghost" and the "Fruits of the Holy Ghost" evening after evening.
We can either focus on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit:

Day 1   Gift of Knowledge
Day 2   Gift of Understanding
Day 3   Gift of Counsel
Day 4   Gift of Fortitude
Day 5   Gift of Piety
Day 6   Gift of the Fear of the Lord
Day 7   Gift of Wisdom
Day 8   Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Day 9   Meditate on Veni, Sancte Spiritus and Veni, Creator Spiritus.

Find additional information at Catholic Culture.

Or we can pray the following scripture:

Friday -  You Will Receive Power    Acts 1:8

Saturday -  Jesus' Promise of the Advocate    John 16:13

Sunday -  The Need to be Born of the Spirit    John 3:5

Monday -  The Spirit Gives Life To Dry Bones    Ezekiel 37:5

Tuesday -  Life Through His Spirit    Romans 8:11

Wednesday -  Understanding Comes Through the Spirit    1 Corinthians 2:12

Thursday -  One Spirit, Many Gifts    Corinthians 12:4-6

Friday -  The Fruit of the Spirit    Galatians 5:22-23

Saturday -  The Outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost    Acts 2:3-4

Novena Prayer

Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with your love.

Set our lives aflame with your gifts.

Grant us wisdom to choose what is good and true;

understanding to embrace your plan of salvation;

right judgment to act according to your will;

courage to share our faith with others;

knowledge to live as disciples of Jesus Christ;

reverence to respond faithfully to your grace each day;

and wonder and awe in your presence.

Inspire us with enthusiasm for our Catholic faith.

Grant us boldness to proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ,
and help us to bring the transforming power of the gospel to our world.
We make this prayer through Christ, our Lord.
Amen

OUR FATHER, HAIL MARY, GLORY BE
SIGN OF THE CROSS

Blessings,
Noreen

HHS Mandate Novena

Eric Scheidler, the Executive Director from Pro Life Action League has created a Novena to reverse the HHS Mandate.  It starts today since the next Religious Freedom Rally is in 10 days, Friday, June 8th.  Please join us in praying this novena for a united effort in to stop the HHS Mandate.  Start today and pray this prayer for nine days so God can hear our plea and answer our prayers!

Dear God,

You are the Author of Life and Freedom.  In Your Spirit, we have the freedom of the children of God, and in Your Name, we promote the freedom of all to seek, embrace and live the Truth of Your Word.

In that freedom, Lord, we Your people stand with Life and reject whatever destroys life or distorts the meaning of human sexuality.

In that freedom, Lord, we Your people live our lives in a way that advances Your Kingdom of Life, and we refuse to cooperate in what is evil.

At this moment, therefore, when our government has decided to force us to cooperate in evil, we pray for the grace to be faithful to You and to oppose the unjust laws and mandates that have been imposed upon us and our institutions.

We pray for the conversion of those in civil authority who fail to appreciate the demands of conscience.  We pray for the complete reversal of all policies that permit the destruction of life or coerce the cooperation of Your people in practices that are wrong.

Bring us to a Culture of Life.

We pray through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Blessings,
Noreen

Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes

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 On February 11th, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Catholic Church.  This is the anniversary of the Marian apparition to St. Bernadette in 1858 in France.   One way to prepare to celebrate this feast is to pray the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes.

This is a nine day novena that can be started today, Friday, February 3 up until Saturday, February 11th.  

You can find it HERE or a different one HERE.  You can even get a daily reminder with the prayers sent to your email box HERE.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
St. Bernadette, pray for us.


Blessings,
Noreen