First Day: Holy Spirit Novena
First Day of the Holy Spirit Novena
*9 Days Until Pentecost*
You can follow along with the prayers for the first day of the Holy Spirit Novena here.
Holy Spirit Novena: First Day
FRIDAY
Begin with the Sign of the Cross.
The Holy Spirit
Only one thing is important — eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore, is to be feared—sin! Sin is the result of ignorance, weakness, and indifference. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of Love. With His sevenfold gifts, He enlightens the mind, strengthens the will, and inflames the heart with the love of God.
To ensure our salvation we ought to invoke the Divine Spirit daily, for:
The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. (Romans 8:26)
Prayer
Almighty and eternal God, Who has promised to regenerate us by water and the Holy Spirit, and has given us forgiveness of all sins, send forth from heaven upon us your sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge and Piety, and fill us with the Spirit of Holy Fear. Amen.
Tip
You can start on the second bead of a rosary decade to count the final prayers.
- Our Father
- Hail Mary
- Glory Be (7 times)
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
VERSION 1:
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among* women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
*or “amongst”
VERSION 2:
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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CREDITS
The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere, 2009, and used with the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.
A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.
Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.
Juan Bautista Maino painted a scene from Pentecost circa 1615 to 1620.
We cropped a Pompeo Batoni painting of the Holy Spirit from circa 1740 to 1743.
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