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9-Day Novena · Feast: Pentecost Sunday

Holy Spirit

Guidance & Renewal

This traditional novena is prayed in the nine days between Ascension and Pentecost — as the Apostles and Mary prayed in the Upper Room. It is the oldest novena in the Church, prayed for the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

About This Novena

The Holy Spirit is the source of every grace — wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. This novena is prayed when you need clarity, courage, or renewal in any area of life.

OPENING PRAYER

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Amen.

9-Day Prayer Schedule

1

Day 1: Come, Holy Spirit

Acts 2:4

2

Day 2: Gift of Wisdom

James 3:17

3

Day 3: Gift of Understanding

Ephesians 1:17–18

4

Day 4: Gift of Counsel

John 14:26

5

Day 5: Gift of Fortitude

Isaiah 41:10

6

Day 6: Gift of Knowledge

Philippians 4:11

7

Day 7: Gift of Piety

Romans 8:15

8

Day 8: Gift of Fear of the Lord

Proverbs 1:7

9

Day 9: Pentecost Fire

Acts 1:8