Pentecost Novena Day 5 - Tuesday
Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love.
V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created,
R. 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 Your faithful, grant that by that same Holy Spirit, we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Read:
Acts 20:17-27
John 17:1-11
Be silent
Pray: Father, send the Holy Spirit to give me the power to be a witness for Jesus. May I not be ashamed of the gospel (Romans 1:16). I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016, St. Damien of Molokai, Pentecost Novena - Day 5
Acts 20:17-27, Psalm 68:10-11, 20-21, John 17:1-11
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A FINISH THAT SHINES
"I put no value on my life if only I can finish my race and complete the service to which I have been assigned by the Lord Jesus." -Acts 20:24
Jesus focused on finishing. In today's Gospel, He tells His Father: "I have given You glory on earth by finishing the work You gave Me to do" (Jn 17:4). When Jesus faithfully completed His suffering on the cross, He took the occasion, despite His pain, to exclaim: "Now it is finished" (Jn 19:30). Finishing what He started was important to Jesus.
St. Paul also focused on finishing, saying: "I give no thought to what lies behind but push on to what is ahead. My entire attention is on the finish line as I run toward the prize to which God calls me - life on high in Christ Jesus. All of us who are spiritually mature must have this attitude" (Phil 3:13-15). Near the end of his life, Paul exclaimed: "I have finished the race" (2 Tm 4:7). Finishing what He started was important to Paul (Acts 20:24).
Starting to serve the Lord but not finishing tarnishes the image of both God and us. Jesus says: "If one of you decides to build a tower, will he not first sit down and calculate the outlay to see if he has enough money to complete the project? He will do that for fear of laying the foundation and then not being able to complete the work; for all who saw it would jeer at him, saying, 'That man began to build what he could not finish' " (Lk 14:28-30).
The Pentecost novena is half-finished. Let's pray intensely, finish strongly, and joyfully receive the Spirit on Pentecost.
Prayer: Father, bring Your work in me to completion (Phil 1:6).
Promise: "Blessed day by day be the Lord, Who bears our burdens; God, Who is our Salvation." -Ps 68:20
Praise: St. Damien gave his life serving his Shepherd's lost sheep, becoming one of them. "There is no greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends" (Jn 15:13).
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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