Pentecost Novena Prayer

by Fr. Jess Ty  |  05/10/2026  |  Weekly Reflection

Dear People of God,

This coming May 24th is the Pentecost Sunday, and we will be starting our Novena on the 15th. So, I want to share with you the prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit which we will be praying throughout these nine days:

O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love.
Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the
perishable things of this world and aspire only after the
things that are eternal,
the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the
light of Your divine truth,
the Spirit on Counsel that I may ever choose the surest
way of pleasing God and gaining heaven,
the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You
and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles
that oppose my salvation;
The Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know
myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints,
the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet
and amiable, and
the Spirit of Fear of the Lord that I may be filled with a
loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way
to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord with the sign of Your
true disciples, and animate me in all things with Your
Spirit. Amen.

May the Blessed Mother help us to become witnesses of Jesus, as she helped the apostles on Pentecost.

Yours in Christ through Mary Immaculate.