(c)Mary TV 2020
April 29, 2020
St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor of the Church
Dear Family of Mary!
“Dear children! May this time be an incentive for personal conversion for you. Pray, little children, in solitude to the Holy Spirit to strengthen you in faith and trust in God, that you may be worthy witnesses of the love which God bestows upon you through my presence. Little children, do not permit trials to harden your heart and for prayer to be like a desert. Be a reflection of God’s love and witness the Risen Jesus by your lives. I am with you and I love all of you with my motherly love. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (April 25, 2020)
“Pray, little children, in solitude to the Holy Spirit…”
Let’s do exactly as Our Lady counsels us. Let’s find a spot where we are alone, in quiet, without distraction, and pray to the Holy Spirit. He is the Gift from the Father and the Son. He is the power of God, lavished upon us at Baptism and through all the Sacraments, bringing us into the Heart of the Trinity. We will do well to pray in solitude, slowly and with open hearts to our dear Holy Spirit!
Here is a prayer to the Holy Spirit by St. Catherine of Siena whose feast day is today:
Holy Spirit, come into my heart; draw it to Thee by Thy power, O my God, and grant me charity with filial fear. Preserve me, O ineffable Love, from every evil thought; warm me, inflame me with Thy dear love, and every pain will seem light to me. My Father, my sweet Lord, help me in all my actions. Jesus, love, Jesus, love. Amen.
And now a litany that we can savor in our solitude!!
Litany to the Holy Spirit
Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
Have mercy on us.
Divine Essence, one true God,
Have mercy on us
Spirit of truth and wisdom,
Have mercy on us
Spirit of holiness and justice,
Have mercy on us
Spirit of understanding and counsel,
Have mercy on us
Spirit of love and joy,
Have mercy on us
Spirit of peace and patience,
Have mercy on us
Spirit of longanimity and meekness,
Have mercy on us
Spirit of benignity and goodness,
Have mercy on us
Love substantial of the Father and the Son,
Have mercy on us
Love and life of saintly souls,
Have mercy on us
Fire ever burning,
Have mercy on us
Living water to quench the thirst of hearts,
Have mercy on us
From all evil,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all impurity of soul and body,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all gluttony and sensuality,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all attachments to the things of the earth,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all hypocrisy and pretense,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all imperfections and deliberate faults,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From our own will,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From slander,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From deceiving our neighbors,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From our passions and disorderly appetites,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From our inattentiveness to Thy holy inspirations,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From despising little things,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From debauchery and malice,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From love of comfort and luxury,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From wishing to seek or desire anything other than Thee,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From everything that displeases Thee,
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
Most loving Father,
forgive us.
Divine Word,
have pity on us.
Holy and divine Spirit,
leave us not until we are in possession of the Divine Essence, Heaven of heavens.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Send us the divine Consoler.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Fill us with the gifts of Thy Spirit.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Make the fruits of the Holy Spirit increase within us.
V. Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful,
R. And enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created,
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let Us Pray
God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit instructed the hearts of the faithful, grant us by the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Amen
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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