Novena - between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost Sunday

Gracious Father, pour out Your Spirit upon Your people, and grant us a new vision of Your Glory,
a new experience of your power, A new consecration to your service,
That your love may grow among us, and your kingdom come;
through Christ our Lord, Amen

Novena to the Holy Spirit (ext link)| More [ext link] | another

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 "The Church is born with the outpouring of the Spirit of reconciliation. Reconciliation has to be her main task. The apostles, meeting the risen Christ, are mandated to carry out this task of reconciliation. They are given peace, and in their turn they are sent in the power of the Spirit to promote the work of reconciliation across the world, in all ages." Bishop Christopher Budd

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The beginning of Fr. Cormac's sermon on Pentecost Sunday, 2000

This is the birthday of the Church. Today we celebrate the fact that Jesus who has been stronger than life and death, Jesus who is stronger than sin and failure and limitation, Jesus has risen and now is no longer with us in the way he was with his friends in Galilee and in Judea. Now he sends us The Spirit and sends us, Spirit filled people out into a world which wants to know Jesus. Jesus Christ wants to reach out to all peoples. You and I are the answer to that desire of Christ.

That's what makes today's feast such a joyful one and also such almost terrifyingly challenging. Christ wants to be present in the world, we are the answer. We are the answer to Christ's desire to reach out to the people of Penzance, to the people of the Penwith, to the People of the Parishes we represent here in our gathering today.

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"Come, Holy Spirit, come in our cities, in our homes, in our families, in our glances, in our hearts. Without you, we read books and do not become wise. Without you, we dialogue much and do not come closer to one another. Without you, reality consists in dry events, facts and numbers. Without you, our life falls apart into a succession of meaningless days. Without you, there is no fidelity. Without you, our thoughts become delirious. Without you, technology destroys us. Without you, churches become museums. Without you, prayer is just babbling. Without you, our smile becomes petrified. Without you, our environment becomes a desert. Come, Holy Spirit, our emptiness cries after your fullness! Come, Spirit Creator, make your dwelling in our world!" The full article

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"Come, Holy Spirit. Fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle is us the fire of Your Love.
 Send forth Your Spirit and we shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
Oh, God, Who by the Light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful,
grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation,
through Christ our Lord. Amen"

Leader - Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
All -  And kindle in them the fire of your love
Leader - Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created
All -  And you will renew the face of the earth
Leader - Let us pray (pause)
ALL - Lord, by the light of the Holy Spirit, you have taught the hearts of your faithful. In the same Spirit help us to love what is right and always rejoice in your consolation. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Through the diversity of many languages you have brought the nations together
in the unity of the faith.

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Come Holy Spirit, replace the tension within me with a holy relaxation.
Replace the turbulence within me with a sacred calm.
Replace the anxiety within me with a quiet confidence.
Replace the fear within me with a strong faith.
Replace the bitterness within me with a sweetness of grace.
Replace the darkness within me with a gentle light.
Replace the coldness within me with a loving warmth.
Replace the night within me with your light.
Straighten our crookedness, fill our emptiness.
Dull the edge of our pride.  Sharpen the edge of our humility.
Light the fires of our love.  Quench the flames of our lust.
Let us see ourselves as You see us.
That we may see You as You have promised,
and be fortunate according to your word!

"Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God."

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COME, Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. X3

Most Holy Spirit, open my heart, soften it, and fill it with light and love so that I may understand clearly what I will read, and act on it for my own spiritual benefit and for the delight of my Heavenly Mother, Your Beloved Spouse. May I read each word under Your guidance so that, free of all worldly desires and distractions, I may grow in wisdom and prudence enough to follow perfectly the wishes of the Most Blessed Trinity. Amen

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Holy Spirit - giver of Life - 
Who didst overshadow Mary that she might become the Mother of Jesus our Saviour,
do thou likewise work silently within my heart.
To form within me, the fullness of his redeemed and redeeming humanity. 
Give me His loving heart to burn with love for God and love for men,
Give me a share, In his joy and His sorrow, his weakness and his strength,
His labour for the world's salvation
May Mary blessed among women, mother of our Saviour,
Pray for me, that Christ may be formed in me,
That I may live in a union of heart & with Jesus Christ her Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.
Cheslyn Jones

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Come Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul,............I adore You. 
Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. 
Tell me what I should do.................give me your orders.
I promise to submit myself to all that You desire of me
and to accept all that you permit to happen to me.
Let me only know Your will.

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Come, Spirit who is our Light (external link)

PRAYERS to the Holy Spirit (external link)

 turn your speakers on to hear the music on some of the following links:

Spirit of God (to the tune of the Skye Boat Song)

The following are external links:-

O Spirit of the living God (Montgomery)

O Spirit of the living God (Tweedy)

Spirit of the Living God 

Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me /us / them;
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me /us / them;
Break me /us / them; Melt me /us / them; Mould me /us / them; Fill me /us / them;
(Alternative line:- Melt me/us/them; Mould me/us/them; Fill me/us/them; Use me/us/them);
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me/us/them.
(Daniel Iverson, 1890-1977)

Spirit of the living God,
Move among us all.
Make us one in heart in mind,
Make us one in love.
Humble, caring, selfless, sharing,
Spirit of the living God,
Fill our lives with love.
(not known if also Daniel Iverson)

O Spirit of the Living God

Spirit of Faith, Come Down - Charles Wesley

HymnSite.com - - Suggested Hymns for day of Pentecost

Holy Spirit

THE CYBER HYMNAL - has over 4,100 Christian hymns & Gospel songs from many denominations. You’ll find lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, history, & more.

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Fr. Jozo Zovko's Speech at St. Paschal's Church (Thousand Oaks, California.)

We will invoke to Our Lord, Come Holy Spirit, Oh come Holy Spirit, you who make peace for each other in our hearts. Fill our hearts with peace, give me Your love that I may give and wish well for all, that I desire to pray good, and give blessings and peace to ever person.

Come Holy Spirit, you who prays, pour yourself out in prayer into my heart, that my heart may heal the hungry and thirsty. Come most Holy Spirit, you with the power that strengthens all. Come embrace me today, change me today, I have come to be happy. I have come to become closer to the Mother, I have come to give Her joy and love.

Come Holy Spirit, Come and change me, Come and bless me, Come and convert me.
Come most Holy Spirit. We invoke you most Holy Spirit.

(Song, "Spirit of the Living God...") (see above)

Come Holy Spirit, Come you Who are love, today I want to become love. I want to leave behind every conflict, and every bad thought.  Come Holy Spirit, come into my heart, renew all that is in my heart, in my relationships, in my neighbours, renew love within me.

Come most Holy Spirit, your Mother together with the Church prays to you.

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ARTICLES (external sites)

Praying in the Spirit - WGBD Steps to Faith No. 20

What are the 12 fruits of the Holy Spirit? - broken link 

Excerpts from "Heart Breathings" By Leonard Ravenhill

Don't you Know - by Gail Rodgers - broken link - Search Gail Rodgers on Christian Women Today for many interesting articles

Finding Ourselves--A Recovery Liturgy

http://www.textweek.com/pentecost.htm

Spirit of Fire - broken link 

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