JY Commitment Day - Novena - Day 5
Jesus Youth Queensland
Leader: Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle
In them the fire of your love.
Community: Send forth your Spirit and renew the face of the earth.
2. Introductory Prayer
Leader: O God, of old you instructed the hearts of your faithful by
the light of the Holy Spirit. Give us this Holy Spirit; under His divine
Inspiration, may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what
is good, and always experience the fruit of His consolation. This we
ask through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.
Community: Amen.
3. Prayer
Leader and Community: God the Father, Creator and Protector of
all, we praise you. God the Son, who incarnated as man to show the
World the love of the Father, we worship you. Jesus, we thank you for Sending your Holy Spirit upon us to prepare us to acknowledge
and believe that you are our Savior and Lord. O, Holy Spirit, who,
since the creation of the Universe, has been continuously renewing
the face of the earth with your presence, we glorify you.
You, who descended upon our Holy Mother and the apostles who
had been prayerfully waiting in the House of Sion, come and fill this
Community with your presence. Fill the hearts you created with
your divine graces. Enable us to fill our bodies, your dwelling places,
With holiness.
4. Word of God - 1 Corinthians 14:1-5.
5.Time of Reflection
6.Intercessions
Leader: Let us pray with faith and devotion to the Holy Spirit, the
giver of Knowledge, to bless us with the holy gift of Knowledge.
The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate the true worth
of created things in relation to God. Knowledge unmasks the
pretense of creatures, reveals their emptiness, and points out their
only true purpose as instruments in the service of God. It shows us
the loving care of God even in adversity, and directs us to glorify
Him in every circumstance of life. Guided by its light, we put first
things first, and prize the friendship of God beyond all else.
"Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesses it."
Community: Lord bless us with the holy gift of Knowledge.
1. That like Jesus, who grew in holiness and wisdom, and in human
and divine favour, we may grow in knowledge,
Comm: Lord bless us with the holy gift of Knowledge.
2. That we may be able to understand the falsehood of worldly
pleasures,
Comm: Lord bless us with the holy gift of Knowledge.
3. That we may understand that our intellects and minds are your
free gifts,
Comm: Lord bless us with the holy gift of Knowledge.
4. That we may listen to the voice of God and put it into practice in
our lives,
Comm: Lord bless us with the holy gift of Knowledge.
5. That our lifestyle may be deep rooted in the Word of God,
Comm: Lord bless us with the holy gift of Knowledge.
6. Add here the particular needs of JY:
Growth in the Cells/Fellowship/Ministries/Vocation Discernments
7.Our Father x 1
8. Prayer to Mary
Leader and Community: O Holy Mary, Mother of God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ, intercede for me to God the Father that I may
be freed from my sins by the merits of the Precious Blood of your
Divine Son, and that I may be filled with the gifts and fruits of the
Holy Spirit. Take away from me my sinful heart and give me the new
Heart that Almighty God promised through the prophet Ezekiel. "I
will give them a new heart, and put a new spirit within them. I will
remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart
of flesh, so that they may follow my statutes and keep my ordinances
and obey them. Then they shall be my people and I will be their
God." (Ezekiel 11:19-20). Holy and loving Mother, intercede for me
that I may be filled with the love of the Holy Spirit. Help me to be
filled with the spirit of repentance, to abandon my sinful ways and
be transformed into a new individual by the power of the Precious
Blood of Jesus.
9.Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit
On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I
offer myself soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the
brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice,
and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my
soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by
unfaithfulness to grace, and I pray with all my heart to be kept from
the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought
and grant that I may always watch for Your light and listen to Your
voice and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give
myself to You and ask You by Your compassion to watch over me in
my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His
Five Wounds and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His
opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You Adorable Spirit,
helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in Your grace that I may never
sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father
and the Son, to say to You always and everywhere, "Speak Lord, for
Your servant heareth." Amen.
10. Concluding Prayer
Leader: O God, give us the fruit of kindness. Make us quick to see
what we can do for others, and make us eager and willing to do it.
Make us always obliging and always willing to lend a helping hand.
Help us never to be mean, but always to be ready to share everything
we have, even if we have not got very much. Help us never to speak
unkind words and never to do cruel deeds. Help us to think the best
of others, and always to be more willing to forgive than to condemn.
Help us to be kind to others. Hear this prayer for Your love’s sake.
Community: Amen