Today we are going to show you what the Novena to the Holy Spirit is like, what you can do with faith and determination to ask for his protection and for his gifts, in moments of difficulty, do not stop knowing it since in it you will find the words of comfort and love that you need in your moments of greatest difficulties, loneliness, sadness, do it with faith that it is powerful.
Novena to the Holy Spirit
To make the Novena to the Holy Spirit we must make the request so that its power influences us, that we know that Jesus Christ died on a cross so that all of us could obtain forgiveness and that we be transformed with the power of the Holy Spirit and become Children of God and be part of his holiness. The novena is done for nine consecutive days and must begin on a Friday.
Act of Consecration
With the Consecration of the novena, what is sought is that it acquires a sacred value and that by doing it, the merits or graces that we ask and invoke are achieved, in other words, we seek that this act that we do be covered with holiness.
O Holy Spirit! Receive this total consecration of my whole body, which I do on this day so that you are worthy from this moment to be in every moment of my life, in everything I do, so that you are my teacher, my light, the guide, the strength. and the love inside my heart. Today I put away all my reservations so that you are the one who directs my life, and to remain docile to all your inspirations.
O Holy Spirit! Kindly give me the formation together with Mary and with Mary to follow the example of her beloved son Jesus. We ask you to glorify our Creator Father, give glory to his redeeming Son and give glory to the Holy Spirit who is the sanctifier. Amen.
Opening prayer for every day
This prayer must be said during the nine days that the novena is made, it is known as the initial prayer, and it is done so that God sees that our intentions are good, and that we only want to pay tribute and praise to the Holy Spirit to achieve his gifts.
OMG! That you are of love and truth, that you have been the one who has created the sanctification of our spirits, kneeling before you with humility, we declare that we detest the bitterness that we have in our hearts and that they have come from our sins and offenses that we have committed against you. , always with the dignity that you can love us above all things, thanks to the fact that you have infinite goodness.
I wish I had never offended you and I ask you to forgive me Lord, I know that you are a God of Grace and Mercy and I ask your forgiveness for having been unfaithful to you, for not having the courage to do things according to your good will, and that afterwards Since I have seen that you have always been merciful and I have requested your graces, I accept that you rebuke me, threaten me and inspire me by your love.
I have been sorry to offend you, and I am sorry for having been ungrateful and unworthy for this blindness with which I have not been able to see your sweet and divine call. Today I propose with your help not to continue being a rebel of God, to get ahead by your inspiration and make me docile to your will.
I ask you to enlighten me with your light, open my understanding, make my will stronger. Purify my heart and attend to my thoughts, desires and emotions and make me worthy of being able to enjoy the fruits that your gifts grant in souls. Grant me the Grace that I ask of you today with this novena, whenever your glory appears and so that I can see you, love you and praise you until eternity. Amen.
Prayer for the 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The gifts of the Holy Spirit must be requested so that our lives continue on the right path, once we receive them we can discern the good, the bad, what is fair, we are given patience, mercy, strength, all the gifts we must use them to do good not only for ourselves but also for our fellow human beings.
O Jesus Christ Our Lord! That before ascending to heaven you gave us the promise to send the Holy Spirit so that your work could be completed in the souls of your apostles and other disciples, I ask you to deign to give me that same spirit so that my soul can be perfected through the work of your Grace and your love.
I ask you to grant me the Spirit of Wisdom so that I can appreciate everything that is perishable in this world and that I only aspire to have the things that are for eternity. Give me the spirit of understanding, so that my mind may receive the divine light of truth. Give me the Spirit of the Council so that I can always discern which is the path that I should follow and that it be safer in order to please God and be able to earn heaven.
Give me the Spirit of strength so that together with you I can carry the cross and have the courage to overcome any difficulty that is against the salvation of my soul. Give me the Spirit of knowledge so that I can come to know God, myself and grow through the perfection of the science of all saints. Give me the spirit of Piety so that I can continue serving God with sweetness and kindness.
Give me the spirit of the fear of God so that I can revere him with love and be afraid of things that are to his displeasure. Make me the mark my Lord through the signs of your disciples so that you can encourage me to follow everything that is of the spirit. Amen.
First day
Holy Spirit, Lord of Light! We ask that from the clarity of the sky, you can give us your splendor full of illumination. Only one thing matters in life and that is our eternal salvation. So we should only be afraid of falling into sin, which comes from our ignorance, weaknesses and indifference.
Holy Spirit you who are a spirit of light, strength and love, that with your seven gifts you can give us illumination to our mind, that our will becomes stronger and fills our hearts with the divine flame of God's love. That in order for our salvation to be certain, we invoke the Holy Spirit and that he come to our aid in the face of our weaknesses, that in our prayers we know what we must say so that it is the spirit that intercedes for us.
Almighty and eternal God! that you have been generous in giving us the water and the holy spirit, that you gave us the forgiveness of sins, let us go to heaven and send your seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
At the end of the day's prayer, an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be prayed.
Second day
We ask you to come Holy Father, father of the poor, come and give us the treasures that sustain you, come to us light that everything lives in you. Give us today the fear of God to feel respect for you, so as not to fall into the sin that offends him, that fear rise not from a thought of hell but from a feeling of reverence so that we may be faithfully submissive to our Father in the Darling.
That fear is the beginning of our wisdom, the one that makes us turn away from the banal pleasures of life that in some way take us away from the path of God since those who fear the Lord will always have a willing heart and in his presence they will humiliate themselves.
Come Oh blessed Spirit of the fear of God! Reach to the depths of my heart, so that in it, my Lord and God, have my face before him forever and allow me to remove from my life those things that can cause offense. , and that he may deserve that before his divine majesty in heaven, he can look me in the eye, in the place where he lives and reigns always united with the Holy Trinity, in a world where there is no end.
Third day
Holy Spirit, you who are the consolation, visit our hearts that are full of turmoil and give us the Grace of peace. May the gift of Piety reach our hearts in a union of affection with God who is our loving Father. Be our inspiration through his love to be able to love and respect all people and things that have been consecrated by him.
That just as they were invested with authority through the holy Mother and all the saints, from the church that is their visible head, to our parents, countries and rulers. He who has the gift of Piety puts his religion into practice as a duty of service and not as a heavy burden, since where love is found there is no heavy work.
Come O blessed Holy Spirit of mercy! Take charge of my heart and kindle in it the flame of love for God to find satisfaction in service and have the love to submit to his authority.
Fourth day
That in the moment of fatigue you be our relief full of freshness, in the heat of the day and in the midst of the loneliness of misery. We ask you to give us the gift of strength so that our soul becomes strong in the face of fear and that we can reach the end by fulfilling our tasks.
Strength is what helps us to have the will to push ourselves and to have the energy to be able to move in all tasks, no matter how difficult they may be, and that we can face the dangers that are above what it means to respect to the human being and to be able to endure everything without complaining about the tribulations of life, since he who perseveres until the last moment will be saved.
Come Holy Spirit of Strength!, so that you can lift my soul in these moments when we are troubled and when difficulties attack me, make my efforts always be in holiness, give me strength in my weaknesses, and the courage to be able to do in the face of my enemies, that I never get a moment of confusion and that nothing can separate me from you, from my God and from my well-being.
Fifth day
May the immortal and divine light visit our hearts so that it fills our soul in its depth. May it be through the gift of knowledge that our soul is allowed to know the things that God has created and that are of value to him. That through knowledge we can see what the creatures of good are, that emptiness be revealed to us and that we know the true purposes to be the instruments of service to God.
May we be shown how God cares for us in all moments of adversity and lead us to give him his glory in every moment of our lives. May it be your light that guides us in giving priority to the things that are necessary and that we may appreciate the friendship that God grants us above all material things since knowledge is the source of life for those who have it. .
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Knowledge! So that you give me the will of my father, so that you can show me the nullity of many things in the world, that I have an idea of vanity and that it be used only to give you glory and to save my soul, always looking at your eye above all of them and to obtain the eternal rewards of salvation.
Sixth day
That if you remove your Grace from us, nothing that exists in man remains pure and that everything good becomes sick. We ask you to give us the gift of understanding to know what life means and what is the truth of our beliefs, that it be through faith that we know and appreciate what it means, that you help us go deeper into the meaning of the things that have been revealed and that through them we can find new things in life.
May our faith not be sterile and not stop working and inspire us to have a lifestyle that bears witness to our faith, that we may begin to walk with dignity before God in all things in which he is pleased and may grow our knowledge of God.
Come, Holy Spirit of understanding! So that you enlighten our minds and so that we have the pleasure of knowing and being able to believe in all the mystery of our salvation and that in the end we deserve the eternal light and the light of the Glory of a Vision in God the Father and His Son.
Seventh day
May our wounds be healed and our strength renewed, and may the dew be poured out in moments of aridity to wash away the stains of guilt. We ask you for the gift of good advice so that our soul knows how to have a prudence to be able to judge quickly and correctly in what we should do, especially in the moments of greatest difficulty.
May good advice be applied to every principle that comes from knowledge and understanding, in all our acts of daily life, in that of parents, also in teachers, in employees and in good Christians in any country. That this advice has common sense and that it becomes a treasure of great value for our salvation, since above anything else we must beg God so that our paths are straightened in truth.
Come O Spirit of counsel! And help us and guide us in all the paths of our lives so that only your will be done, make my heart bow down to what is good, away from everything that is bad and that my path be directed by the righteousness of your commandments as the goal of our eternal life that we long for.
Eighth day
May your will be double in the hearts that are stubborn, melt what has frozen and heat what has cooled so that you are the guide of the steps that have gone astray. We ask you for the gift of wisdom that encompasses all gifts, charity, that encompasses the virtues. Wisdom is the most perfect of them all.
It is written that everything good comes to us through her and that her riches are many and come through your hands. May the gift of wisdom strengthen our faith, renew our hopes, perfect our charity and put into practice the highest virtues.
May it be wisdom that gives light to our minds to know how to determine and appreciate everything that God gives us, so that the things of life on earth do not lose their substance, and that in the Cross of Christ be the one that produces the sweet memory of what our savior told us, that we take our crosses and follow him since his yoke is sweet and his burden is light.
Come O Spirit of Wisdom! so that I can see in my soul the mysteries of all heavenly things, of their greatness, their power and their beauty. Be you who teaches me to love everything above those passing things and the satisfactions that can be had on earth, be you who help me achieve all these satisfactions and that I can keep them with me forever.
ninth day
We ask that it be your Holy Spirit who descends on all of us with your seven gifts to give us relief in our death and that you give us life in heaven where the joys have no end. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are the gifts that make our virtues perfect and allow us to practice them in a better way through divine inspiration.
To the same extent that we grow in knowledge and love for God and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, our work is done with more sincerity and generosity to make the practical virtues perfect. May these virtues fill our hearts with joy and give us consolation, which is known as the fruits of the Holy Spirit, and may these make us practice them more actively so that they may be a powerful reason to make more effort in the service of God.
Come Oh Divine Holy Spirit!, so that you fill my heart with the fruits of heaven that are charity, joy, peace, patience, goodness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance, that fatigue never be by my side when serving the Lord and rather remain faithful to submission and inspiration to be in an eternal union with God, with the love of the Father and the Son.
Final prayer for every day
The prayers at the end of a novena are to close what we are asking for, this is said after the reflection of each day, and with it each day of the novena culminates. In this, thanks are given to the Lord, for allowing the Holy Spirit to have come to us to give us his gifts, knowing that they will be received for our well-being and to help our fellow men.
We ask you to come spirit of Creation, to visit our souls, that the body you have created be filled with your heavenly grace, since you are a creator of the spirit, you have the gifts of our heavenly Father. You are the source of life, the holy fire, the holy spiritual anointing.
May it be through your gifts that we receive the promise of heaven that our eternal Father gives us and that through his word fills us with ardor. Be you who teaches us in our senses how our hearts are filled with your eternal flame, that our malnourished bodies can be armed with your virtue.
Take our enemies away from us, allow us to have divine peace, and be the one who guides us to be able to flee from evil. For you, our Father and for his Son that we are in this mortal life to know you and that we can have the strong belief that you are the divinity. To our God the Father be all the Glory, to his immortal Son and to the Holy Spirit be the praises for all eternity. Amen.
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