PENTECOST NOVENA: Day 5, TUESDAY, June 7

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This Pentecost Novena post is for Tuesday, June 7.  Each day's post will include: a scripture verse drawn from the day's liturgy; an intention for a particular group; and the novena prayer based on the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Pentecost Novena - Day 5

To enter into a spirit of prayer... 

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Scripture of the day...

“I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world.
They belonged to you, and you gave them to me,
and they have kept your word.
Now they know that everything you gave me is from you,
because the words you gave to me I have given to them,
and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you,
and they have believed that you sent me.
I pray for them.
I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me,
because they are yours, and everything of mine is yours
and everything of yours is mine,
and I have been glorified in them.
And now I will no longer be in the world,
but they are in the world, while I am coming to you.”

John 17:1-11a

For reflection: Jesus is praying for his disciples here...  We are his disciples and he prays for us, too.  What might Jesus be praying for the Church these days?  What might he be praying today for me as an individual?  Might I ask the Holy Spirit to help me discern what Jesus asks of the Father for me?  What Jesus prays for the Church today?


Today's Intention

Let us pray today for those who make law and govern nations...
May the Holy Spirit speak God's truth in the minds and hearts of lawmakers everywhere.  May the Spirit shape and guide the decisions of those who govern nations and lead them to work for a harvest of justice and peace...

Novena Prayer

Come, Holy Spirit,

once more fill my heart

with the fire and power of your gifts.

Come, Holy Spirit,

fill up wisdom's lamp,

come enlighten my mind and my will.

Come, Holy Spirit,

light the way: help me see and embrace

all that God has revealed.

Come, Holy Spirit:

with knowledge of truth,

brand my mind and my heart with God's Word.

Come, Holy Spirit,

my beacon of counsel

for judgments both prudent and pure.

Come, Holy Spirit

and kindle my courage

to do what is right, what is just.

Come, Holy Spirit

and stoke my desire

to humble myself before God.

Come, Holy Spirit,

light the flame of your presence

and draw me to reverence and prayer.

Come, Holy Spirit,

fill my heart with your gifts

and my soul with the breath of your peace.

Come, Holy Spirit,

to the Father's love draw me

through my, Savior, my Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Postlude: You might close your time of prayer with another song from the menu on the sidebar...
Pentecost Novena 2011 Daily
 
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