Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost Novena

One of my all-time favorite novenas is the novena in honor of the Holy Spirit.  It is the oldest of all novenas since it was first made at the direction of Our Lord Himself when He sent His apostles back to Jerusalem to await the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first Pentecost. It is still the only novena officially prescribed by the Church. Addressed to the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, it is a powerful plea for the light and strength and love so sorely needed by every Christian.

In preparation for Pentecost Sunday, here are the nine posts (I've posted them here at Raising Little Saints in the past) of this beautiful Novena.  Our eldest son just received Confirmation and he will be in charge of heading this prayer devotion for our family.

Day One:  "Spirit"

Day Two: "Fear"

Day Three: "Piety"

Day Four: "Fortitude"

Day Five:  "Knowledge"

Day Six: "Understanding"

Day Seven: "Counsel"

Day Eight: "Wisdom"

Day Nine: "Fruits of the Holy Ghost"

St. Andrews Christmas Novena (another free printable)

I just love the St. Andrews Christmas Novena because of it's simplicity!  My kids learn it super quick too and the non-readers pretend to read it.   This prayer is called a Novena but differs a little, it's not for the usual nine (9) days, it commences on November 30th and ends on Christmas.  Here's the page I made for them to use this year.  Enjoy!

St. Andrews Christmas Novena for Kids - PDF

This blog post is linked up at:

Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost Novena Day 9 "Fruits of the Holy Spirit"

Today's Novena is to be prayed on June 11th, I'm posting these ahead of time. :)

Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost Novena Day 8 "Wisdom"

Today's Novena is to be prayed on June 10th, I'm posting these ahead of time. :)

Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost Novena Day 7 "Counsel"

Today's Novena is to be prayed on June 9th, I'm posting these ahead of time. :)

Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost Novena Day 6 "Understanding"

Today's Novena is to be prayed on June 8th, I'm posting these two days ahead of time. :)

Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost Novena Day 5 "Knowledge"

Today's Novena is to be prayed on June 7th, I'm posting these ahead of time. :)





    

Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost Novena Day 4 "Fortitude"

Today's Novena is to be prayed on June 6th, I'm posting these ahead of time. :)







    

Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost Novena Day 3 "Piety"

Althought this shows you Day three of this Holy Spirit Novena, today is the actual day you might want to get started on it.  You would need to go to our last two posts:  Day One and Day 2 to get started.  Starting today will This will take you to the 11th of June, the Saturday before Pentecost.

Thanks for praying with us!

Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost: Novena Day 2 "Fear"

If you missed Day One, just click here.

Remember we aren't starting until the 3rd but wanted to post ahead so that you have it.  Here is the Novena (in visual format):








    

Prepare for Pentecost: Holy Ghost Novena Day 1 "Spirit"

Pentecost Sunday is June 12th this year.  To prepare our family for this day, we always like to do the Novena to the Holy Ghost.  We won't start it until the 3rd of June so that we end on 11th (the Saturday before Pentecost).  I wanted to post this early so that you have it available for your use.  Also this way if anyone needs to start ahead or needs to catch up, you have it available.  :)

FYI:  The novena in honor of the Holy Spirit is the oldest of all novenas since it was first made at the direction of Our Lord Himself when He sent His apostles back to Jerusalem to await the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first Pentecost. It is still the only novena officially prescribed by the Church. Addressed to the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, it is a powerful plea for the light and strength and love so sorely needed by every Christian.

Since I'm a visual learner, I'm posting a video of it: 

The Nine Days BEFORE Christmas

Today marks Nine Days BEFORE Christmas and this means it's time to start our Christmas Novenas!

A perfect way to continue to prepare for the Birth of our Savior! I found one on the lovely EWTN website that I wanted to share with our readers: Christmas Novena.


To accompany this lovely Novena, on this gloomy and yucky icy day, we will be working on our kid friendly Nativity at our Domestic Church. I got it from the lovely Lacy over at Catholic Icing...I love it when she draws things and shares with us! So here is her DYI Printable Nativity....all you need is TP tubes, her print outs and the basics: glue sticks, scissors, and crayons...and voila! Okay kiddies waiting for me, gotta run!

Here's a peek as to what this lovely printable looks like:

Holy Spirit Novena Day 1 "Spirit"

Pray with me!