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 6: Ask the Holy Spirit for an increase of the
Gift of Fear of the Lord.
Another sign of the Holy Spirit’s activity in your life is the presence of spiritual fruit. The fruit of the Spirit is “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” (Galatians 5:22-23; CCC 736, 1830-1832) This fruit is a sign that you are growing in your friendship with the Holy Spirit and becoming a disciple of Christ and empowered by God; on your own, you would not produce this kind of fruit. It is God who produces fruit in you when you are connected to Him. This is for the Father’s glory. Write down one of the fruits and ask the Holy Spirit to make this fruit more present and actually noticeable in life? Write down any experiences after you have prayed about this for a week. Notice any changes you saw or experienced when you asked the Holy Spirit for this grace and were open to Him. Relate to another person how God answered this prayer.
Why is a relationship with the Holy Spirit necessary for each believer? The Holy Spirit reveals Jesus to you, teaches you to pray and helps you to understand and believe everything that you have come to believe. The Holy Spirit makes Jesus present within you and empowers you to allow Him (Jesus) to live out His life in and through you. (See Index in the Catechism under Holy Spirit on pages 805-807.) Discuss this with a friend.
Write down one way that you are open and receptive to the working of the Holy Spirit, and one way that you are resistant?
Is there an area of your life that you have not been able to exercise self-control: such as eating, exercising, sleeping, drinking, gossiping, being jealous, etc. Sin is addictive. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you in this specific area.