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From: "About.com Catholicism Guide" <catholicism.guide@about.com>
Date: February 23, 2012 8:07:48 AM EST
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Subject: Novena to the Holy Ghost: Day 2 - The Gift of Fear

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Novena to the Holy Ghost Day 2 - The Gift of Fear From Scott P. Richert, your Guide to Catholicism Welcome to the second day of your daily e-mail to aid you in praying the Novena to the Holy Ghost. The Novena is a nine-day series of prayers that recalls the original novena prayed by the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost Sunday. You should receive one e-mail each day to remind you to pray the prayers for that day. You will find links to each day's prayers below, as well as some extra resources each day to help you learn more about the Holy Spirit, the Ascension, and Pentecost. Prayer for Today Verse, Meditation, and Prayer for the Second Day On the second day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost, we pray for the first of the gifts of the Holy Spirit: fear of the Lord. The meditation and the prayer for today both remind us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Prayers for Every Day of the Novena Our Father Next, recite the Our Father, the prayer that Our Lord taught us to say. Hail Mary Then, recite the Hail Mary, the best-known prayer to the Blessed Virgin, who joined the Apostles in praying the original novena to the Holy Ghost between Christ's Ascension and Pentecost. Glory Be Now, recite the Glory Be, a symbol of our faith in the Trinity, seven times (a perfect number, and the number of the gifts of the Holy Spirit). Act of Consecration to the Holy Ghost Then, make the Act of Consecration to the Holy Ghost, in which we implore the Holy Spirit for the grace to avoid sin. Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost Finally, pray the Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost, in which we ask Christ to send His Spirit to complete His work in our souls. Learn About Today's Gift of the Holy Spirit The Gift of the Fear of the Lord Perhaps no other gift of the Holy Spirit is so misunderstood as the gift of the fear of the Lord. Learn why this gift is intimately connected with the theological virtue of hope. More Prayers to the Holy Spirit Come Holy Spirit Prayer to the Holy Spirit ought to be part of our daily prayer life. This well-known prayer is very easy to memorize (especially the first verse, which can be recited by itself throughout the day) and is well suited both to private prayer and to communal prayer--prayer with our families, for instance. This email is written by: Scott P. Richert Catholicism Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'Novena to the Holy Ghost' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement