Pentecost Novena Day 9 - Saturday
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 28:16-20, 30-31
John 21:20-25
Be silent
Pray: Father, renew my Baptism and Confirmation. Stir into flame the gifts of the Spirit in my life (see 2 Timothy 1:6-7).
On or near Pentecost, ask another Christian to lay hands on you (see Acts 19:6) and pray for you to receive the Holy Spirit. After receiving these prayers, thank the Holy Spirit for coming to you, go to Mass as often as possible, and share your faith in Jesus. Come, Holy Spirit!
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Saturday, May 19, 2018, Pentecost Novena - Day 9
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31, Psalm 11:4, 5, 7, John 21:20-25
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THE SPIRIT OF INFINITY
"He preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ with full assurance and without any hindrance." -Acts 28:31, our transl.
Paul was under house arrest for two years in Rome (Acts 28:16, 30). Before that, he was in prison for two additional years (Acts 24:27). Prior to that, he was in prison several other times (see 2 Cor 11:23). Trial, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, and the sword made it very difficult for Paul to preach the Gospel (Rm 8:35). Nevertheless, the last word of Acts of the Apostles is that Paul "preached God's kingdom with full assurance and without any hindrance" (Acts 28:31, our transl).
Jesus is God and therefore infinite. If the Apostle John had written about the many other things Jesus had done in a few short years on this earth, he doubted "there would be room enough in the entire world to hold the books to record them" (Jn 21:25). Because Jesus is infinite and because we are in Him, we are unstoppable - no matter how many human limitations we have and how great are the obstacles we face. We are unhindered because He is infinite.
We enter into the infinity and victory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit. In one Spirit we have been baptized into the one Body of Christ (1 Cor 12:13). On this last day of the Pentecost Novena, pray: "Come, infinite Spirit transcending our finitude and making us free, unhindered, and victorious."
Prayer: Father, this Pentecost, may it be apparent to all who see me that I am obviously more than a conqueror in Jesus (Rm 8:37).
Promise: "Jesus replied, 'How does that concern you? Your business is to follow Me.' " -Jn 21:22
Praise: Jesus delivered Sam from an addiction to alcohol.
(For a related teaching on "Power in the Holy Spirit", order, listen to or download our CD 64-1 or DVD 64 on our website.)
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