SHOCKED INTO PRAYER - One Bread, One Body, 5/16/2010

Listen to Fr. Lauer teach about Pentecost. There are 5 teachings about
Life in the Spirit at the link below. You can listen online or download
the MP3s.

http://www.presentationministries.com/tapes/tape.asp?pubID=319
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Sunday, May 16, 2010, Ascension, Pentecost Novena - Day 3

Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:17-23 or, Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23, Psalm
47:2-3, 6-9, Luke 24:46-53
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/nab/051610.shtml

SHOCKED INTO PRAYER

"No sooner had He said this than He was lifted up before their eyes in a
cloud which took Him from their sight." —Acts 1:9

Before Jesus ascended, He told us to be His witnesses and to wait to be
"clothed with power from on high" (Lk 24:48-49). Then He was taken up into
heaven. The last words of a person ascending have a tendency to stick with
you. The disciples were so shocked they actually obeyed Jesus and remained
in the city to pray.

We hope today's celebration of Jesus' Ascension will affect us this way.
May we get shocked into obeying God's call to pray for nine days so that
we and all the Church will receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit. May we
pray as if:
* our best friend has disappeared,
* something happened where we couldn't believe our eyes,
* we need a miracle,
* a close friend committed suicide (see Acts 1:18),
* Mary, the mother of God, was with us (Acts 1:14),
* Pentecost 2010 were real, and
* we thirsted for and desired the Spirit more than anything else in
life.

After this novena to the Holy Spirit, we will never be the same. Pray and
obey.

Prayer: Father, may I prepare for the coming of the Spirit by going to
Confession as soon as possible.

Promise: "This Jesus Who has been taken from you will return, just as you
saw Him go up into the heavens." —Acts 1:11

Praise: Praise Jesus, "manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit;
seen by the angels; preached among the Gentiles, believed in throughout
the world, taken up into glory" (1 Tm 3:16).

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