Novena Of the Holy Ghost.
FIRST DAY. — FRUITS OF CHARITY AND JOY.
LET us prostrate ourselves before the majesty of the Most Holy Trinity, and, uniting our dispositions with those of our Blessed Lady and the holy Apostles in the upper room at Jerusalem, let us say one Our Father and one Hail Mary, to obtain, by the merits of Jesus ascended, the Fruits of the Holy Ghost — charity and joy. Our Father, Hail Mary.
O Most Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, we adore thee with all humility; and with the most lively affections of our hearts we beseech thee to assist us in this thy Novena, that we may rightly prepare ourselves to receive thy heavenly gifts. We cannot, O Divine Spirit, receive thee without thine own aid preventing us. Without thee we cannot please thee. Do thou then, who didst prepare the heart of Mary to receive the Word Incarnate, vouchsafe so to dispose our hearts that we may happily receive the blessed flames of thy love. Amen.
Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of thy love.
V. Send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created.
R. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Burn, O Lord, with the fire of the Holy Spirit, our reins and our hearts, that we may serve thee with a chaste body, and please thee with a clean heart; through our Lord Jesus Christ. In the unity of the same, etc. Amen.
May the blessing of Almighty God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, descend upon us, and abide, with us always. Amen.
