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Novena of the Holy Spirit Day Nine

May 10, 2008 |

Prayer of St. Maximilian Kolbe

O my God, my only happiness—how can I come to know you more perfectly? I see your creatures and I am enchanted; I give thanks and I love you, but these do not suffice for me, as you know so well; but I do not see or hear you. I desire to become like you according to your will, but how? You are most pure Spirit, and I am flesh. Make known to me how I, a person of flesh, must perfect myself and become like you, most Holy Spirit, to be raised to the divine life.

Scripture:

When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.
Acts 2:1-4  

Reading:

The Third Person of the Holy Trinity has a part in this work: it is he who transforms men’s souls into temples, souls won by the redemption of Christ, adopted children of God; he makes us heirs of the heavenly kingdom, as St. Paul says: “you are washed and justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.” It pertains to the Holy Spirit until the end of the world to form the new members of the Mystical Body of Christ’s predestined (from “The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Mediation of All Graces,” in Miles Immaculatae, a Latin quarterly for priests by Maximilian Kolbe, 1938 ). 

Reflection: Do I seek the Spirit’s many gifts to be a more effective evangelist in order to bring about the conversion and sanctification of others? 

Novena Prayer

Father of light and of love,
from whom every good gift
comes, send forth the power
of your Spirit into our lives to
renew the Church in our year of
evangelization. Open our minds
and hearts, and fi ll us with the
virtues of faith, hope and charity.
Loosen our tongues to sing
your praises and to proclaim the
Gospel of Salvation to all. Use
us as bold instruments of the
New Evangelization. Help us to
realize that without your Spirit
we could never bring peace
and reconciliation to our broken
world nor announce the truth
that Jesus Christ is Lord. We ask
all these things in Jesus’ name,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God,
forever and ever.

Amen

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