Ninth Day – June 12, 2017 
On the faithful who are true and profess their faith in you, In your sevenfold gift descend! Give us virtue’s sure reward, give us your salvation, Lord, Give us joys that never end!
Let us pray.
Send down upon us, we beseech you, O Lord, the Holy Spirit, that, inspired and encouraged by him, we may comply with the duties of our state, carry our daily crosses patiently, and grow daily in Christian perfection. Grant us, we beseech you through the same Divine Spirit, the intentions of this novena or what is most conducive to our eternal salvation and your glory. Amen
Intention: Lord in your mercy, send the Spirit upon our parish community to entrust Fr. Joseph to your providence and to embrace Fr. Tim as our new shepherd.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
Eighth Day – June 11, 2017
Bend the stubborn heart and will, melt the frozen, warm the chill, guide the wayward home once more!
Let us pray.
Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth, come into our hearts; give to all peoples the brightness of your light, that they may be well pleasing to you in unity of faith. Amen
Intention: Lord in your faith, send the Spirit upon our parish community to entrust Fr. Joseph to your providence and to embrace Fr. Tim as our new shepherd.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
Seventh Day – June 10, 2017
Cleanse our soiled hearts of sin, arid souls refresh within, wounded lives to health restore.
Let us pray.
Burn up, O Lord, our hearts in the fire of the Holy Spirit; that chaste of body and clean of heart, our service may be well pleasing to you. Who lives and reigns world without end. Amen
Intention: Lord, we live in wonder of your love; send the Spirit upon our parish community to entrust Fr. Joseph to your providence and to embrace Fr. Tim as our new shepherd.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
Sixth Day – June 9, 2017
Left without you presence here, life itself would disappear, nothing thrives apart from you!
Let us pray.
Send down, we beseech you, O Lord, the Holy Spirit in his might, to the merciful purifying of our hearts and to our sure deliverance from all danger. Who lives and reigns world without end. Amen
Intention: Lord, see our reverence; send the Spirit upon our parish community to entrust Fr. Joseph to your providence and to embrace Fr. Tim as our new shepherd.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
Fifth Day – June 8, 2017
Light most blessed, shine with grace in our hearts’ most secret place, fill your faithful through and through.
Let us pray.
May the Paraclete, who proceeds from you, enlighten our minds, we beseech thee, O Lord; and even as your Son has promised, may he lead us into all truth. Amen
Intention: Lord in your counsel, send the Spirit upon our parish community to entrust Fr. Joseph to your providence and to embrace Fr. Tim as our new shepherd.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
Fourth Day – June 7, 2017
In our labour, rest most sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, Consolation in our woes.
Let us pray.
O God, who gave the Holy Spirit to the Apostles, grant to your people the effect of their pious prayers, that on those to whom you have given grace, you may also bestow peace. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen
Intention: Lord grant us fortitude; send the Spirit upon our parish community to entrust Fr. Joseph to your providence and to embrace Fr. Tim as our new shepherd.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
Third Day – June 6, 2017
Of consolers, wisest, best, and our souls’ most welcome guest, sweet refreshment, sweet repose.
Let us pray.
O Divine Consoler, and of all Comforters the best, to you do we come in trouble and distress. In the all-powerful name of Jesus, our Redeemer, and out of love for Mary, our sorrowful Mother and her chaste Spouse, come to our assistance and comfort us in all our trials and tribulations. Amen
Intention: Lord increase our knowledge; send the Spirit upon our parish community to entrust Fr. Joseph to your providence and to embrace Fr. Tim as our new shepherd.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
Second Day – June 5, 2017
Come O Father of the poor, Come, whose treasured gifts endure, Come our hearts’ unfailing light!
Let us pray.
O Holy Spirit, father of the poor, come fill my poverty-stricken soul out of the plenty of your eternal riches. Warn me, I beg thee, of every opportunity in my daily tasks, to lay up treasures where no thief can approach nor moth corrupt, that I may enjoy them together with you forever. Amen
Intention: Lord through your understanding, send the Spirit upon our parish community to entrust Fr. Joseph to your providence and to embrace Fr. Tim as our new shepherd.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
First Day – June 4, 2017
Holy Spirit, Lord divine, come from heights of heaven and shine; Come with blessed radiance bright!
Let us pray.
O God who has taught the hearts of your faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit; grant that by the gift of the same Spirit we may be always truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
Intention: Lord in your wisdom, send the Spirit upon our parish community to entrust Fr. Joseph to your providence and to embrace Fr. Tim as our new shepherd.
Come Lord Jesus, send us your Spirit, renew the face of the Earth.
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