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April 30, 2020 Reflection – Come Holy Spirit and strengthen us!
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April 30, 2020
St. Pius V, Pope
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 to strengthen you in faith and trust in God…”
Our Lady counsels us to go into solitude and pray to the Holy Spirit. Though it may help to go to our room, or find a quiet spot out of doors, the greatest solitude can be found within. Our hearts are our inner chamber where only we can go. It is there that we find silence and a sense of our personal space. And it is there that we can encounter our God in safety and honesty and peace. So, we can see why Our Lady would want us to find that place when we go to pray to the Holy Spirit.
What does she want us to receive? Stronger faith and stronger trust in God. These two things we need if we are going to be able to withstand the trials to come. We need to be absolutely sure of God, sure that He exists and that He is with us, sure that He loves us and that He will never abandon us. We need to be filled with trust in His power to save us and to deliver us from all evil. Rock solid must be our faith. Our hearts need to be firm.
And so, today let’s again pray to the Holy Spirit in our inner solitude, our inner chamber where only God can come. Let’s ask the Holy Spirit to strengthen our faith and our trust in God…
Veni Creator
Come, O Creator Spirit blest!
And in our souls take up Thy rest;
Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid,
To fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
Great Paraclete! To Thee we cry,
O highest gift of God most high!
O font of life! O fire of love!
And sweet anointing from above.
Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts art known,
The finger of God’s hand we own;
The promise of the Father, Thou!
Who dost the tongue with power endow.
Kindle our senses from above,
And make our hearts overflow with love;
With patience firm and virtue high
The weakness of our flesh supply.
Far from us drive the foe we dread,
And grant us Thy true peace instead;
So shall we not, with Thee for guide,
Turn from the path of life aside.
Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow
The Father and the Son to know,
And Thee, through endless times confessed,
Of both, the eternal Spirit blest.
All glory while the ages run
Be to the Father and the Son
Who rose from death; the same to Thee,
O Holy Ghost, eternally.
Amen.
Litany of Trust – written by The Sisters of Life
(This litany addresses Jesus, but in it we ask for the healing we need to have stronger faith and trust. The Holy Spirit will listen in!!!)
From the belief that I have to earn Your love … Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear that I am unlovable … Deliver me, Jesus.
From the false security that I have what it takes … Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear that trusting You will leave me more destitute … Deliver me, Jesus.
From all suspicion of Your words and promises … Deliver me, Jesus.
From the rebellion against childlike dependency on You … Deliver me, Jesus.
From refusals and reluctances in accepting Your will … Deliver me, Jesus.
From anxiety about the future … Deliver me, Jesus.
From resentment or excessive preoccupation with the past … Deliver me, Jesus.
From restless self-seeking in the present moment … Deliver me, Jesus.
From disbelief in Your love and presence … Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being asked to give more than I have … Deliver me, Jesus.
From the belief that my life has no meaning or worth … Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of what love demands … Deliver me, Jesus.
From discouragement … Deliver me, Jesus.
That You are continually holding me, sustaining me, loving me … Jesus, I trust in you.
That Your love goes deeper than my sins and failings, and transforms me …Jesus, I trust in you.
That not knowing what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You … Jesus, I trust in you.
That You are with me in my suffering … Jesus, I trust in you.
That my suffering, united to Your own, will bear fruit in this life and the next …Jesus, I trust in you.
That You will not leave me orphan, that You are present in Your Church…Jesus, I trust in you.
That Your plan is better than anything else … Jesus, I trust in you.
That You always hear me, and in Your goodness always respond to me …Jesus, I trust in you.
That You give me the grace to accept forgiveness and to forgive others …Jesus, I trust in you.
That You give me all the strength I need for what is asked …Jesus, I trust in you.
That my life is a gift … Jesus, I trust in you.
That You will teach me to trust You … Jesus, I trust in you.
That You are my Lord and my God … Jesus, I trust in you.
That I am Your beloved one … Jesus, I trust in you.
Amen.
Come Holy Spirit and change us!!
Come Lord Jesus and heal us!!
Come Almighty Father and embrace us!
We give ourselves completely to you, O Blessed Trinity!
We love you!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2020
