Say these prayers daily on the 9 days leading up to Pentecost Sunday. Start on May 11, 2024 to end on Pentecost Sunday 2024.

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Prayer to the Holy Ghost

Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let Us Pray: O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of Thy faithful by the light of the Holy Ghost, grant us by that same Spirit to be truly wise, and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Litany of the Holy Ghost

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Holy Ghost, hear us. Holy Ghost, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Holy Ghost, who proceedest from the Father and the Son, Have mercy on us.
Holy Ghost, co-equal with the Father and the Son,
Promise of the Father, most loving and most bounteous,
Gift of the most high God,
Ray of heavenly light,
Author of all good,
Source of living water,
Consuming Fire,
Burning Love,
Spiritual Unction,
Spirit of truth and of power,
Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
Spirit of counsel and of fortitude,
Spirit of knowledge and of piety,
Spirit of the fear of the Lord,
Spirit of compunction and of penance,
Spirit of grace and of prayer,
Spirit of charity, peace, and joy,
Spirit of patience, longanimity, and goodness,
Spirit of benignity, mildness, and fidelity,
Spirit of modesty, continence, and chastity,
Spirit of adoption of the sons of God,
Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
Holy Ghost, the Sanctifier,
Who in the beginning didst move over the waters,
By whose inspiration spake the holy men of God,
Who didst overshadow Mary,
Who didst co-operate in the miraculous conception of the Son of God,
Who didst descend upon Him at his Baptism,
Who, on the day of Pentecost, didst appear in fiery tongues upon the disciples of the Lord,
By whom we also are born again,
Who dwellest in us,
Who governest the church,
Who fillest the whole world,
Holy Ghost, We beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst renew the face of the earth,
That thou wouldst shed abroad thy light in our hearts,
That thou wouldst write thy law in our hearts,
That thou wouldst inflame them with the fire of thy love,
That thou wouldst open to us the treasures of thy grace,
That thou wouldst teach us to ask for them according to thy will,
That thou wouldst enlighten us with thy heavenly inspirations,
That thou wouldst keep us to thyself by thy powerful attractions,
That thou wouldst grant to us the knowledge alone necessary,
That thou wouldst help us to love and bear with each other,
That thou wouldst lead us in the way of thy commandments,
That thou wouldst make us obedient to thy inspirations,
That thou wouldst teach us to pray, and thyself pray within us,
That thou wouldst clothe us with love and compassion towards our brethren,
That thou wouldst inspire us with a horror of evil,
That thou wouldst direct us in the practice of good,
That thou wouldst give us the grace of all virtues,
That thou wouldst cause us to persevere in justice,
That thou wouldst be thyself our everlasting reward,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Grant us thy Spirit.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Pour down thy Holy Spirit upon us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Give unto us the Spirit of peace.
Holy Ghost, hear us, Holy Ghost, graciously hear us.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
V. Create in us a clean heart, O God.
R. And renew a right spirit within us.
Let us pray.Grant, O merciful Father, that thy divine Spirit may enlighten, inflame, and cleanse our hearts; that he may penetrate us with his heavenly dew, and make us fruitful in good works. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.