Acts 19:1-8 / John 16:29-33
The nine days after the feast of the Ascension are for us prepare with prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost this coming Sunday.
Some of us may have a devotion to the Holy Spirit and we will know what prayers to say.
One traditional prayer is this invocation to the Holy Spirit:
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.
But some of us may not have any particular prayer to the Holy Spirit, or maybe even do not know of any prayer to the Holy Spirit.
And then there might be some who, like the disciples in the 1st reading, may not know who or what the Holy Spirit really is.
Whatever it may be, let us also know that whenever we pray, it is the Holy Spirit who is leading us in prayer.
In fact, when we feel the prompting to pray, it is the Holy Spirit who is prompting us to pray.
Let us be led by the Holy Spirit to pray so that as we face the troubles of this world, we will be brave and be led by the Holy Spirit to trust in Jesus who have conquered the world.