Pentecost Sunday

Do not let yourself guided by the spirit of self-indulgence,
 look at the legacy of  self-indulgence produces: bad temper, fighting, jealousy,cruelty, meanness, revenge, fornication, idolatry, drunkenness.
These are ugly things, and make life miserable.

Rather let yourself be guided by  the spirit of God.
Look at the legacy the spirit brings:
 love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
These are beautiful things and make life joyful.
They are foretaste of the joy of heaven.
Spirit of the living God fall afresh on us.

Novena to Holy Spirit 9

 Day 9 of Novena to The Holy Spirit: SELF-CONTROL

O God, help me to bear in my life the fruit of SELF-CONTROL.
Self-control doesn’t come easily to me. Please forgive me for the times I have said and done things rashly. Please remind me to consider self-control as “God-control” – not trying to control myself with human effort, but rather depending on You to fill me with the Holy Spirit so I can be self-controlled. I ask that You would make that supernatural change in me so I can keep in step with the Holy Spirit. My desire is to have the fruit of Your Spirit evident in my life, especially self-control. Please remind me to go to You when I am tempted, as I know Your promise to “strengthen me and provide a way so that I can overcome my temptations” (1 Corinthians 10:13). Thank you for promising Your Holy Spirit to all who ask (Luke 11:13)! As I wake each morning, please remind me to ask for a fresh in-filling of Your Holy Spirit. I make this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
Prayer for Everyday of The Novena:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your Love. Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created; and You will renew the face of the earth.
1 Our Father. 1 Hail Mary. 1 Glory Be.
LET US PRAY: O God Eternal, You instructed the hearts of Your faithful with the gift of the Holy Spirit. Give us the same Spirit under His Divine Inspiration, may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what is good, and so always experience the fruit of His consolation. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Praise and thanks be to God!

Novena to Holy Spirit 8

Day 8 of Novena to The Holy Spirit: FAITHFULNESS
Heavenly Father, I desire to remain faithful to You all the days of my life. Let the Holy Spirit fill me with His presence and help me bear in my life the fruit of FAITHFULNESS. I join with others of the Christian faith who hold unswervingly to the hope I profess and encourage one another on toward love and good deeds. Disappointments, seemingly unanswered prayers, loved ones who oppose me, spiritual lethargy, temptations and trials pull at my heart and tempt me to look back just like the Israelites who were freed from slavery. They who greatly rejoiced at their new found freedom found themselves longing to return after the going got tough. Give me strength and a firm resolve to plough through the hard soil and bumpy rocks of my life all the while fixing my eyes on my eternal dwelling place which I keep hope in Jesus Christ, Your Son, my Lord and my Savior. It is in His name that I pray. Amen.
Prayer for Everyday of The Novena:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your Love. Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created; and You will renew the face of the earth.
1 Our Father. 1 Hail Mary. 1 Glory Be.
LET US PRAY: O God Eternal, You instructed the hearts of Your faithful with the gift of the Holy Spirit. Give us the same Spirit under His Divine Inspiration, may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what is good, and so always experience the fruit of His consolation. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to everlasting life. Amen

Novena to Holy Spirit 7

Day 7 of Novena to The Holy Spirit: GENTLENESS
Lord God, You want me to learn from You, Gentleness of heart.
No matter how I fail you, Your gentleness never fails me. You are slow to anger; Your kindness is without limit. You tell me not to be distressed, to make Your gentleness my own so that my soul may find rest. Give me the wisdom to make time in my day for a gentle nursing of my soul. Free me from arrogance, from goals too sublime for me. Still and quiet my soul as a mother quiets the little ones on her lap. Free me from the need for achievement. Make my life less forceful, more gentle,
centered in You alone. Let the splendor of Your presence, light up my day-to-day living. Make me a smooth channel for the outflow of Your Divine Will in this world and to acknowledge my need for Your Spirit to dwell in me. Please remind me often of Your gentle grace and prompt me to offer Your love and forgiveness to others. I make this prayer in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Prayer for Everyday of The Novena:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your Love. Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created; and You will renew the face of the earth.
1 Our Father. 1 Hail Mary. 1 Glory Be.
LET US PRAY: O God Eternal Father, You instructed the hearts of Your faithful with the gift of the Holy Spirit. Give us the same Spirit under His Divine Inspiration, may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what is good, and so always experience the fruit of His consolation. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.

Novena to Holy Spirit 6

Day 6 of Novena to The Holy Spirit: GOODNESS
O God of all infinite goodness, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in my heart the love of your Name; increase in me true faith and the knowledge of Holy Scripture; nourish me with all goodness; and bring forth in me the fruit of goodness in all my actions. Help me to be a good example for everyone I meet in my life. I make this prayer through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for Everyday of The Novena:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your Love. Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created; and You will renew the face of the earth.
1 Our Father. 1 Hail Mary. 1 Glory Be.
LET US PRAY: O God Eternal, You instructed the hearts of Your faithful with the gift of the Holy Spirit. Give us the same Spirit under His Divine Inspiration, may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what is good, and so always experience the fruit of His consolation. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Let us praise the Lord! Thanks be to God!

What is prayer

Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. When we pray we go to meet Christ, who is coming to us. If our Creator and Savior comes from heaven with such great love, it is only fitting that we should go to meet Him. And this is what we do when we spend some time in prayer.

- Saint Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444), Feast day May 20

Novena to the Holy Spirit 5

Day 5 of Novena to The Holy Spirit: KINDNESS
O God, our Father, help me to bear the fruit of KINDNESS. With the Holy Spirit’s counsel may You show me what to do or to avoid, and therefore encourage me to be kind and considerate, ready to do good to all with whom I may come in contact. Make me quick to see what I can do for others, and make me eager and willing to do it. Make me always obliging and always willing to lend a hand. Help me never to be mean, but always to be ready to share everything I have, even if it is little. Help me, never to speak unkind words and never to do cruel deeds. Help me to think the best of others, and always be willing to forgive rather than to condemn. Help me to be as kind to others as I would wish them to be to me. Hear my prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, my Savior. Amen
Prayer for Everyday of The Novena:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your Love. Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created; and You will renew the face of the earth.
1 Our Father. 1 Hail Mary. 1 Glory Be.
LET US PRAY: O God Eternal, You instructed the hearts of Your faithful with the gift of the Holy Spirit. Give us the same Spirit under His Divine Inspiration, may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what is good, and so always experience the fruit of His consolation. We ask through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Let us praise the Lord! Thanks be to God!

Novena to Holy Spirit 4

Day 4 of Novena to The Holy Spirit: - PATIENCE
O God, give me in my life the fruit of PATIENCE.
Let the Holy Spirit strengthen me with the gift of fortitude so that I may not be discouraged by any obstacle in the path of virtue, but humbly and willingly submit to the crosses and trials of this life. Help me to have patience at my work, so that I will never give in but always persevere. Help me to have patience with people, so that I may never lose my temper and never grow cross or irritable, or blaze into angry words. Help me to have patience when things are slow to come and slow to happen. Help me to have patience not to give up, when something takes a long time to do. Help me to remember that everything worth doing is hard to do; that everything worth getting is hard to get and that through my perseverance and endurance I will become the person You want me to be. This I ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!
Prayer for Everyday of The Novena:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created; and You will renew the face of the earth. Amen. 1 Our Father. 1 Hail Mary. 1 Glory Be.
LET US PRAY: O God Eternal Father, You instruct the hearts of Your faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit. Give us the same Spirit under His Divine Inspiration, let His light shine upon us so that may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what is good, and always experience the fruit of His consolation. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Let us praise the Lord! Thanks be to God!

Novena to Holy Spirit 3

Day 3 of Novena to The Holy Spirit: - PEACE
O God, let me bear in my life the fruit of PEACE.
Let the Holy Spirit enlighten me with the gift of understanding in all my life's situations. Help me to take things calmly. Help me not to worry but to take things as they come, one day at a time. Help me not to be nervous but be steady and calm, when I have something difficult or important to do. Help me never to lose my temper, no matter how annoying things or people may be and always willing to help others in their needs. This I ask in the name of Jesus. Amen
Prayer for Everyday of The Novena:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created; and You will renew the face of the earth. Amen. 1 Our Father. 1 Hail Mary. 1 Glory Be.
LET US PRAY: O God Eternal Father, You instruct the hearts of Your faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit. Give us the same Spirit under His Divine Inspiration, let His light shine upon us so that may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what is good, and always experience the fruit of His consolation. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Let us praise the Lord! Thanks be to God!

novena to Holy Spirit 2

Day 2 of Novena to The Holy Spirit: JOY
O God, give me in my life the fruit of JOY. Help me always to be happy and cheerful. Help me always to smile even when things go wrong. Help me always to look on the bright side of things, and always to remember that, even when things are at their worst, there is still something to be thankful for. Don’t let me grumble and complain, don’t let me be a pessimist and a wet blanket. And help me to find my happiness, not in doing what I want but in doing what you want, and not in thinking of myself, but in thinking of others.
I ask this through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen
Prayer for Everyday of The Novena:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your Love. Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created; and You will renew the face of the earth.
1 Our Father. 1 Hail Mary. 1 Glory Be.
LET US PRAY: O God Eternal, You instructed the hearts of Your faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit. Give us the same Spirit under His Divine Inspiration, may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what is good, and so always experience the fruit of His consolation. We ask through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Let us praise the Lord! Thanks be to God!

Novena to Holy Spirit 1

DAY1 OF THE NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT: LOVE
O God, give me in my life the fruit of LOVE.
Help me to love you, so much that I will never forget all that you have given me and all that you have done for me. Help me always to remember that you gave me life and everything that makes life worth living, and that you gave me Jesus to be my friend, my examples, my master, and my Saviour. Help me to love my fellow men so much that I will no longer be selfish and self-centered, but that I will find the way to happiness in doing things for others. This I ask in the name of Jesus. Amen
Prayer for Everyday of The Novena:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your Love. Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created; and You will renew the face of the earth. 1 Our Father. 1 Hail Mary. 1 Glory Be.
LET US PRAY: O God Eternal, You instructed the hearts of Your faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit. Give us the same Spirit under His Divine Inspiration, may we have a sense of what is true and a taste for what is good, and so always experience the fruit of His consolation. We ask through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen.
May the Lord bless us, keep us from all evil and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Let us praise the Lord! Thanks be to God!

Novena to the Holy Spirit

Prologue of the Novena to The Holy Spirit
(1) “Come, O Holy Spirit.” The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Blessed Holy Trinity. The Divine Spirit is the Spirit of Love and Holiness and this fully expresses His Divine Personality. The Divine Mission of the Holy Spirit, proceeding through the Son from the Father, is sent on earth to redeem mankind and merit for men Divine grace, that is, to sanctify men. We thank Him for all He is doing for us; for He is our Sanctifier. 
(2) If the Holy Spirit has been sent, why ask Him to come? The reason is this: God gave us freedom, and He so respects this gift that He does nothing in our regard against our own free will. God will not save us unless we, of our own free will, desire it. Therefore, although the Holy Spirit has been sent to us, He will not come to abide with us, unless we are willing to receive Him and say to Him with all humility: “Come, Holy Spirit! Fill my soul with Your Divine Presence.”
(3) “And from heaven send forth of Your light one ray.” When the Holy Spirit bestows upon us His grace, He first illumines our mind to show us what to do or to avoid, and then moves and strengthens our will, so that, of our own free will, we may do what we know to be right. Under the influence of God, the Holy Spirit, our mind is enlightened, our heart is set on fire with Divine charity, our soul is enabled to bring forth fruits of virtue and good works, and our entire being is, in consequence, flooded with peace and joy in the Lord.

Mothers

view from top of UOB plaza

Sharon gives us a treat to celebrate Mother's day in advance at top of UOB plaza1, good food, good company...