{"id":882,"date":"2017-05-22T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T09:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stthomasneilston.co.uk\/?p=882"},"modified":"2019-03-18T08:24:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T08:24:59","slug":"novena-in-preparation-for-pentecost-sunday-4th-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stthomasneilston.co.uk\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"Novena in Preparation for Pentecost (Sunday 4th June)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u00a0is the Act of Consecration and a Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Spirit. The Novena begins on Friday 26th May.<\/p>\n


\nAct of Consecration to the Holy Spirit <\/b>\"\"<\/p>\n

On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body, to You, Eternal Spirit of God.\u00a0 I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love.\u00a0 You are the Strength and Light of my soul.\u00a0 In You I live and move and am.\u00a0 I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kep<\/i>t from<\/i> the smallest sin against You.\u00a0 Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I always watch for Your light and listen to Your voice and\u00a0 follow Your gracious inspirations.\u00a0 I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness.\u00a0 Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart I implore You Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You.\u00a0 Give me grace, O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father and the Son, to say to You always and everywhere \u201cSpeak Lord, for Your servant heareth.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n

Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit<\/strong><\/p>\n

O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into Heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul the work of Your grace and Your love.\u00a0 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 Your 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 You 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.\u00a0 Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples and animate me in all things with Your Spirit.\u00a0 Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

[One Our Father]<\/p>\n

[One Hail Mary]<\/p>\n

[Seven Glory Be’s]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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