IN PREPARATION FOR
PENTECOST-2
Hymn: K 14
Leader: The Holy Spirit is always with us. He is at
work in the hearts of each of us. It is he who straightens what is twisted. It
is he who makes straight the way of the saviour. He is present in all human
aspirations and he corrects in them what must be corrected. We are temples of
God and the Holy Spirit lives in us.
Our Response: Come,
Holy Spirit, heal the hearts of your faithful.
1.
-When we are dispirited; Come,
2.
-when we are overcome with a spirit of failure;
Come,
3.
-when we harbour a spirit of resentment; Come,
4.
-when we look to our own happiness rather than
the well-being of others; Come,
5.
-when we are worried and anxious about our
lives, come..
6.
-when our likes and dislikes influence our
lives, come…
7.
When we are lazy and lethargic in our decisions
or actions, .
Hymn: K 12
Reading: Jn 14:15-17
Hymn: K 17
Prayer to the Holy
Spirit (by different persons)
Leader: We are a
pilgrim people. We are the Church of God. A family of believers, disciples of
the Lord. United in one spirit, ignited by the fire. Still burning through the
ages, still present in our lives.
All: Come, Holy
Spirit, fill our hearts with your holy gifts.
Leader: Come,
Holy Spirit, Creator blest and in our hearts, take up thy rest; come with thy
grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts, which thou hast made.”
All: Come, Holy
Spirit, fill our hearts with your holy gifts.
Leader: Let our
weakness be penetrated with your strength this very day that we may fulfil all
the duties of our state conscientiously, that we may do what is right and just.
All: Come, Holy
Spirit, fill our hearts with your holy gifts.
Leader: Let our
charity be such as to offend no one, and hurt no one’s feelings; so generous as
to pardon sincerely any wrong done to us.
All: Come, Holy
Spirit, fill our hearts with your holy gifts.
Leader: Assist
us, O Holy Spirit, in all our trials of life, enlighten us in our ignorance,
advise us in our doubts, strengthen us in our weakness, help us in all our
needs, protect us in temptations and console us in afflictions.
All: Come, Holy
Spirit, fill our hearts with your holy gifts.
Leader: Graciously
hear us, O Holy Spirit, and pour your light into our hearts, our souls and our
minds. Assist us to live a holy life and grow in goodness and grace.
All: Come, Holy
Spirit, fill our hearts with your holy gifts.
Concluding Prayer:
Breathe into us, Holy Spirit, that our thoughts may all be holy. Move in us,
Holy Spirit, that our work, too, may be holy. Attract our hearts, Holy Spirit,
that we may love only what is holy. Strengthen us, Holy Spirit, that we may
defend all that is holy. Protect us, Holy Spirit, that we may always be holy. Through
Christ, Our Lord. Amen (Saint Augustine)
Hymn: Holy Spirit: K
14
