Pentecost Novena - Day 9

Saturday - The Outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost

"Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.
   All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as
   the Spirit gave them the ability."     Acts 2: 3-4

Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with your love.
Set our lives aflame with your gifts.
Grant us wisdom to choose what is good and true;
understanding to embrace your plan of salvation;
right judgment to act according to your will;
courage to share our faith with others;
knowledge to live as disciples of Jesus Christ;
reverence to respond faithfully to your grace each day;
and wonder and awe in your presence.
Inspire us with enthusiasm for our Catholic faith.
Grant us boldness to proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ,
and help us to bring the transforming power of the gospel to our world.
We make this prayer through Christ, our Lord.      Amen

1 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Pentecost Novena - Day 8

Friday - The Fruit of the Spirit

"By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against
such things."     Gal. 5:22-23

Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with your love.
Set our lives aflame with your gifts.
Grant us wisdom to choose what is good and true;
understanding to embrace your plan of salvation;
right judgment to act according to your will;
courage to share our faith with others;
knowledge to live as disciples of Jesus Christ;
reverence to respond faithfully to your grace each day;
and wonder and awe in your presence.
Inspire us with enthusiasm for our Catholic faith.
Grant us boldness to proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ,
and help us to bring the transforming power of the gospel to our world.
We make this prayer through Christ, our Lord.      Amen

1 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Pentecost Novena - Day 7

Thursday - One Spirit, Many Gifts

"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services,
but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who
activates all of them in everyone."     1 Cor. 12:4-6

Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with your love.
Set our lives aflame with your gifts.
Grant us wisdom to choose what is good and true;
understanding to embrace your plan of salvation;
right judgment to act according to your will;
courage to share our faith with others;
knowledge to live as disciples of Jesus Christ;
reverence to respond faithfully to your grace each day;
and wonder and awe in your presence.
Inspire us with enthusiasm for our Catholic faith.
Grant us boldness to proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ,
and help us to bring the transforming power of the gospel to our world.
We make this prayer through Christ, our Lord.    Amen

1 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Pentecost Novena - Day 6

Wednesday - Understanding Comes Through the Spirit

"Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from
God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God."  1 Cor. 2:12

Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with your love.
Set our lives aflame with your gifts.
Grant us wisdom to choose what is good and true;
understanding to embrace your plan of salvation;
right judgment to act according to your will;
courage to share our faith with others;
knowledge to live as disciples of Jesus Christ;
reverence to respond faithfully to your grace each day;
and wonder and awe in your presence.
Inspire us with enthusiasm for our Catholic faith.
Grant us boldness to proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ,
and help us to bring the transforming power of the gospel to our world.
We make this prayer through Christ, our Lord.      Amen

1 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Pentecost Novena - Day 5

Tuesday - Life Through His Spirit

"If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal
bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you."    Romans 8:11

Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with your love.
Set our hearts aflame with your gifts.
Grant us wisdom to choose what is good and true;
understanding to embrace your plan of salvation;
right judgment to act according to your will;
courage to share our faith with others;
knowledge to live as disciples of Jesus Christ;
reverence to respond faithfully to your grace each day;
and wonder and awe in your presence.
Inspire us with enthusiasm for our Catholic faith.
Grant us boldness to proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ,
and help us to bring the transforming power of the gospel to our world.
We make this prayer through Christ, our Lord.    Amen

1 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Pentecost Novena - 2nd Day

Saturday - Jesus' Promise of the Advocate

"When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth."   Jn 16:13

Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with your love.
Set our lives aflame with your gifts.
Grant us wisdom to choose what is good and true;
understanding to embrace your plan of salvation;
right judgment to act according to your will;
courage to share our faith with others;
knowledge to live as disciples of Jesus Christ;
reverence to respond faithfully to your grace each day;
and awe and wonder in your presence.
Inspire us with enthusiasm for our Catholic faith.
Grant us boldness to proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ,
and help us to bring the transforming power of the gospel to our world.
We make this prayer through Christ, our Lord.    Amen

1 Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be

"Your old men shall dream dreams"

Well, I am not an old man but I certainly dream dreams. I call them Holy Spirit dreams and the Lord gave me this gift shortly after my conversion. These dreams are so powerful that I could not ignore them even if I tried. And I have tried [sorry, Lord.] There are times when I've tried to forget them and just go back to sleep but this doesn't work. One night He gave me the same dream 3 times [and woke me up after each one] until I said " O.K., Lord I will give this person the message." He has even spelled out letters in my head after waking up if I didn't understand something in the dream. I will be writing about some of these dreams on this blog as I believe they are pertinent to the times we live in.

He has also given me what I call "words" from him. One of the reasons I called this blog Out of Babylon is because of a word I have received from Him. He is calling his people out of Babylon [the world, worldliness.] I will write more on this word in my next post.

The promise of the Spirit

" It will come to pass in the last days,"
God says,

"that I will pour out a portion of my spirit

upon all flesh.

Your son's and your daughters

shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

your old men shall dream dreams."

Acts, 2:17



This blog is about the Holy Spirit and the work he does in and through us. Jesus promised that he would not leave us orphans and through him we are adopted and brought into the family of God. Gal. 3:6 says,

As proof that you are children, God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" What an amazing gift this is! I have a blog called "Abba's way", here is a link for those who want to check it out http://heavenlyhand.blogspot.com/ .