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Novena in Honor of Pentecost

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Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us pray. O Holy Spirit, divine Spirit of light and love, I consecrate to you my understanding, my heart, my will, my whole being for time and for eternity. May my understanding always be submissive to your heavenly inspirations and to the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church, of which you are the infallible Guide; may my heart ever be inflamed with love of God and of my neighbor; may my will always conform to the divine will, and may my whole life be a faithful imitation of the life and virtues of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom be honor and glory forever. Amen.

Novena in Honor of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (December 8th)

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In your conception, O Virgin Mary, you were immaculate.
Pray for us to the Father, whose Son Jesus, after He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, you brought forth into the world.

To you, O Virgin Mary, who were never touched by any spot of original sin or actual sin.
I commend and entrust the purity of my heart.

O Mary, you entered the world without stain.
Obtain from God that I may leave it without sin.

O Mary, conceived without sin.
Pray for us who have recourse to you.

Let us pray. O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin made ready a fitting dwelling for your Son, we beseech you, who kept her unspotted from all stain, by the foreseen precious death of your same Son, grant to us in like manner to be made clean through her intercession and so attain union with you. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Blessed be the Holy and Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.

Novena Prayers for the Immaculate Conception:

Immaculate Virgin Mary, you were pleasing in the sight of God from the first moment of your conception in the womb of your mother, Saint Anne. You were chosen to be the Mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I believe the teaching of Holy Mother the Church, that in the first instant of your conception, by the singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ. Savior of the human race and your beloved Son. you were preserved from all stain of original sin. I thank God for this wonderful privilege and grace He bestowed upon you as I honor your Immaculate Conception. Look graciously upon me as I implore this special favor: (your request).

Virgin Immaculate, Mother of God and my Mother, from your throne in heaven turn your eyes of pity upon me. Filled with confidence in your goodness and power, I beg you to help me in this journey of life, which is so full of dangers for my soul. I entrust myself entirely to you, that I may never be the slave of the devil through sin, but may always live a humble and pure life. I consecrate myself to you forever, for my only desire is to love your Divine Son, Jesus. Mary, since none of your devout servants has ever perished, may I, too, be saved. Amen.

Why Pray to the Holy Spirit

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We ought to pray and invoke the Holy Spirit, for each one of us greatly needs His protection and His help. The more we are deficient in wisdom, weak in strength, borne down with trouble, prone to sin, so ought we the more to turn to Him who is the never-ceasing source of light, strength, consolation, and holiness.
Pope Leo XIII

The Holy Spirit was sent that He might continually sanctify the Church, and thus, all those who believe would have access through Christ in one Spirit to the Father. He is the Spirit of Life, a fountain of water springing up to life eternal. To those, dead in sin, the Father gives life through Him, until, in Christ, He brings to life their mortal bodies.
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium
The Second Vatican Council

O Domina Mea

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by Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591)

O holy Mary, my mistress, into your blessed trust and special custody, and into the bosom of your mercy I, this day, every day, and in the hour of my death, commend my soul and my body: to you I commit all my anxieties and miseries, my life and the end of my life, that by your most holy intercession and by your merits all my actions may be directed and disposed according to your will and that of your Son. Amen.

O Domina Mea:

O my Lady, O my mother! To you I offer my entire self, and so that I may be devoted and worthy, I consecrate to you today my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole self. Since, therefore, I am yours, O good Mother, preserve me, defend me as your own. Amen.

O Jesus, Living in Mary

by Jean Jacques Olier (1608-1657)

O Jesus, living in Mary, come and live in your servants, in the spirit of holiness, in the fullness of your power, in the perfection of your ways, in the truth of your virtues, in the communion of your mysteries. Rule over every adverse power, in your Spirit, for the glory of the Father. Amen.

O Praise the Lord

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O praise the Lord, all ye nations;
Praise Him, all ye people.
For His mercy is confirmed upon us;
and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

O Quam Suavis Est

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O how sweet, Lord, is your Spirit! That you may manifest your sweetness to your sons, may you fill up with all good things those hungering for the sweet Bread come down from heaven, bestowing abundant riches upon the weak. Amen.

O Roma Felix

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O happy Rome!
Whom that most glorious blood
For ever consecrates while ages flow:
Thou, thus empurpled, art more beautiful
Than all that doth appear most beautiful below.
Praise, blessing, majesty, through endless days,
Be to the Trinity immortal given;
Who, in pure Unity, profoundly sways
Eternally all things like in earth and heaven. Amen.

O Sacrament Most Holy

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O Sacrament most Holy,
O Sacrament Divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving,
Be every moment Thine!

An Old French Prayer for Friends

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Blessed Mother of those whose names you can read in my heart, watch over them with every care. Make their way easy and their labors fruitful. Dry their tears if they weep; sanctify their joys; raise their courage if they weaken; restore their hope if they lose heart, their health if they be ill, truth if they err, and repentance if they fall. Amen.