Intention: For the unity and well-being of Holy Spirit Parish, that we might do the will of God. Please pause now to add your own intention.
Leader: Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful,
Response: And kindle in them the fire of your love.
Leader: Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created,
Response: And you shall renew the face of the earth.
Leader: In the Trinitarian plan of salvation, the Father draws us to the Son, whom the Holy Spirit reveals and disposes us to welcome. As “the Lord and Giver of Life,” the Holy Spirit brings about our rebirth in baptism as the Father’s adopted children in Christ, and as sharers in divine life. Jesus calls the indwelling Holy Spirit our “Paraclete,” which means “one who stands besides us” as a counselor, consoler, advocate and friend. The Holy Spirit leads the Church into “all the truth,” and is the source and dynamic force of the Church’s unity and mission. In every age, the fruitfulness of the Church depends on the renewal of the mystery of Pentecost in the minds and hearts of believers. We seek this type of renewal in our novena that we have been praying. May the Holy Spirit rekindle the grace of sacraments of baptism and confirmation in all Catholics, so that we may live the Christian life with new fervor and zeal.
Leader: Let us pray. Holy Spirit of the Father and of the Son, Spirit of Love: enlighten us, strengthen us, guide us, and comfort us. You who pray and act in us, make us know the Father by contemplating the face of the Son who reveals him, so that we may proclaim the divine love of the Most Holy Trinity. Make our life a sign of love. Make the church a living word, an uplifting presence, a consecration of the world to the Trinitarian love that creates, redeems and sanctifies, now and forever. Amen.
Leader: Mary, Star of Evangelization,
Response: Pray for us.
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