When Christ ascended into Heaven, He told them that He would send His Holy Spirit, and so they prayed for the coming of the Spirit. Because of the connection between the original novena and ...

CHRISTMAS NOVENA If the novena is led by a priest ... Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen. Let us pray. Christ the ...

Novena Prayers to Mary, Queen of Apostles Introduction Devotion ... Together with them she hoped, desired and prayed; with them her petitions were heeded and she received the Holy Spirit on the day of ...

Our prayer, verse, and meditation for the eighth day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost focus on wisdom, "the most perfect of the gifts" of the Holy Spirit. Wisdom shows that the Christian Faith ...

and may all who defend life find strength and renewal in the Holy Spirit. Each day of the novena also includes resources, such as videos or articles, that teach participants, for example ...

An estimated 160,000 devotees joined the annual Penitential Walk with Jesus and first of the nine Novena ... dampen the spirit of devotees who joined the dawn walk. The devotees, young and old, ...