NINTH DAY (Saturday, Vigil of Pentecost)
Thou, on those who
evermore Thee confess and Thee Adore, in Thy sevenfold gift, Descend; Give Them
Comfort when they die; Give them Life with Thee on high; Give them joys which
never end. Amen.
Holy Spirit soul of my soul, grant me
the gifts of fidelity and final perseverance, that in all my days I may seek,
love and serve your holy Will.
The Fruits of the Holy Spirit
The gifts of the Holy Spirit perfect the
supernatural virtues by enabling us to practice them with greater docility to
divine inspiration. As we grow in the knowledge and love of God under the
direction of the Holy Spirit, our service becomes more sincere and generous,
the practice of virtue more perfect. Such acts of virtue leave the heart filled
with joy and consolation and are known as Fruits of the Holy Spirit. These
Fruits in turn render the practice of virtue more attractive and become a
powerful incentive for still greater efforts in the service of God, to serve Whom
is to reign.
Prayer
Come, O Divine Spirit, fill my heart with Thy
heavenly fruits, Thy charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, faith,
mildness, and temperance, that I may never weary in the service of God, but by
continued faithful submission to Thy inspiration may merit to be united
eternally with Thee in the love of the Father and the Son. Amen.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
To be recited daily during the Novena
On my knees I before the great multitude of
heavenly witnesses I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God.
I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice,
and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I
live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace
and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You.
Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light,
and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You
and give myself to You and ask You, by Your compassion to watch over me in my
weakness. 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, to keep me in Your
grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Spirit, Spirit of
the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, "Speak Lord
for Your servant heareth." Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT
To be recited daily during the Novena
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. 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 on 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, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence
towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord with
the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all things with Your Spirit.
Amen.
