Holy Spirit Novena: Day 3
Prayer to the Holy Spirit:
O Holy Spirit, Beloved of my soul, I adore You.
Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen and console me.
Tell me what I ought to do and command me to do it.
I promise to submit to everything that You ask of me
and to accept all that You allow to happen to me.
Just show me what is Your will, O Holy Spirit.
(by Cardinal Mercier)

Day 3: Ask the Holy Spirit for an increase of the Gift of Fortitude.

Learning the Principles:

• The Person of the Holy Spirit does not have a body. He is pure Spirit. The pronoun “He” is used to refer to the Holy Spirit because He is a Person. You will not want to refer to the Holy Spirit as “it” or a “power”.
• The Holy Spirit reveals Jesus to you. Therefore, you know that you are developing a relationship with the Holy Spirit if you have a growing awareness of Jesus’ love for you, and your love for Him is growing and you notice that He is changing you. If you are becoming more peaceful, and/or becoming more joyful, then you will also realize that your relationship with the Holy Spirit is growing.
• The Holy Spirit is the Source of answered prayer.
• Every time you begin to pray to Jesus it is the Holy Spirit Who draws you on the way of prayer by His grace. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, hereafter CCC, paragraph 2670)
• The Holy Spirit teaches you how to pray and helps you to know what to pray for. (CCC 2671-2672. To read these two paragraphs, type in Catechism of the Catholic Church, and click on Vatican.va )
• In every situation, you can pray silently asking for the help of the Holy Spirit because without God you are helpless – whether you know this or not. Simply pray: “Holy Spirit please help me.” Or “Holy Spirit please guide me.” The Holy Spirit is known as the Helper, the Advocate, the Paraclete, your Counselor, your Guide. He is always within you, ready to help and guide you.
• You are called to pray with your heart rather than just rattling words. “Prayer is internalized to the extent that you become aware of Him ‘to Whom you speak.’
• Prayer is a vital necessity. Prayer and Christian life are inseparable. (CCC 2744-2745) In other words, praying this prayer to the Holy Spirit each day will allow you to deepen your friendship with Jesus as He is revealed to you by the Person of the Holy Spirit. You will grow in an awareness and learn to listen to the inner promptings of the Holy Spirit and practice following His guidance while allowing His Gifts to be operative in your life. The Holy Spirit wants what is best for you and as you respond to Him, you will find much peace and happiness - interior joy.
• You received the Holy Spirit first in Baptism. He came again in Confirmation to strengthen you as His witness. The Holy Spirit lives in you. You have to allow the power of the Holy Spirit to become active in your life through your free will. The Holy Spirit is not “magic.” You need to cooperate with God’s grace to align yourself with the Holy Spirit so that you can first receive guidance from the Holy Spirit and then be a blessing and of service to other people.

 
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