Day 6 - Holy Spirit Novena

If Thou take Thy grace away,
Nothing pure in man will stay,
All His good is turned to ill.

MEDITATION
The Gift of Understanding
Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Spirit, helps us to grasp the
truths of our holy religion. By faith we know them, but by
Understanding we leam to appreciate and relish them. It enables us to
to penetrate the inner meaning of revealed truths and through them to be
quickened to newness of life. Our faith ceases to be sterile and
inactive, but inspires a mode of life that bears eloquent testimony to
the faith that is in us; we begin to "walk worthy of God, in all things
pleasing and increasing in the knowledge of God."

PRAYER
Come, 0 Spirit of Understanding, and enlighten our minds, that we may
know and believe all the mysteries of salvation; and may merit at last
to see the eternal light in Thy Light; and in the light of glory to have
a clear vision of Thee and the Father and the Son. Amen.

Our Father and Hail Mary once
Glory be to the Father seven times.

Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit
Prayer for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit