"Novena" of the Holy Spirit with text of saint John Eudes

2. INTRODUCTION
In this second edition of
the “Novena of the Holy
Spirit” with texts of Saint
John Eudes we propose
you some reflections to
contemplate the third
person of the Holy Trinity,
who forms Jesus in the
heart of every faithful.
Certainly, the Holy Spirit
“has been given to us as
the Spirit of our spirit”
(Colloquies, 9).
We have modified in part our first edition, so we propose next
structure:
First day: Jesus sends the Holy Spirit
Second day: what is not the Holy Spirit
Third day: the Holy Spirit is the Heart of the Holy Trinity
Fourth day: the Holy Spirit is the Heart of Jesus
Fifth day: The Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus through us
Sixth day: The Holy Spirit is the Heart of Mary
Seventh day: The Holy Spirit leads and governs the Church
Eighth day: The Holy Spirit in the life of the believer
Ninth day: The Holy Spirit is source of holiness to the Christian
Also we have changed in some way the method remarking, in red color,
some alternatives for choice of the believer: Beginning, Hymn to the
Holy Spirit, Meditation, Invocations to the Holy Spirit, Prayers, Last
blessing
We want, as Unity of Eudist Spirituality, go on spreading the treasure of
our spirituality to every believer, in order to Christ lives and reigns in
every heart
In Jesus and Mary,
P. Álvaro Duarte Torres, cjm
UES - Director

3. FIRST DAY:
JESÚS SENDS THE HOLY SPIRIT
" N O V E N A " O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T W I T H
T E X T S O F S A I N T J O H N E U D E S
BEGINNING
Let us claim the presence of the Holy Trinity in this prayer:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[We can request the presence of the Holy Spirit by suggesting a moment of
silence, praise, or with the next prayer of saint John Eudes to the Holy Spirit:
Holy Spirit, I give myself to you. Take possession of me, Lead me everywhere
and make that I live like a son of God, lake a member of Christ, and like
someone who belongs to you, and who must be animated, possessed and led
by you because I am born from you.
Amen
(O.C. III, 273).

4. COME, Holy Ghost,
send down those beams,
which sweetly flow in silent streams
from Thy bright throne above.
O come, Thou Father of the poor;
O come, Thou source of all our store,
come, fill our hearts with love.
O Thou, of comforters the best,
O Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
the pilgrim's sweet relief. Rest art
Thou in our toil, most sweet
refreshment in the noonday heat;
and solace in our grief.
O blessed Light of life Thou art;
fill with Thy light the inmost heart
of those who hope in Thee.
Without Thy Godhead nothing can,
have any price or worth in man,
nothing can harmless be.
Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
refresh from heaven our barren clay,
our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks
bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts
of snow, our wandering feet recall.
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
whose only hope is Thy sure word,
the sevenfold gifts of grace.
Grant us in life Thy grace that we,
in peace may die and ever be,
in joy before Thy face.
Amen. Alleluia.
MEDITATION
The Holy Ghost also helped to
make us Christians. He formed
our Saviour, our Redeemer
and our Head in the sacred
womb of the Blessed Virgin. He
animated and directed God
the Son in all He thought, said,
did and suffered, His
consummate Sacrifice on the
Cross: "Who by the Holy Ghost
offered himself unspotted unto
God" (Heb. 9, 14). After our Lord
ascended into heaven, the Holy
Ghost came into this world, to
form and establish the
body of Jesus Christ, His
Church, and to apply to it the
fruits of His life, His Precious
Blood,
His passion and death;
otherwise, our Lord would have
suffered and died in vain.
HOLY SPIRIT HYMN

5. Moreover, the Holy Ghost comes in
baptism to form Jesus Christ in our
souls, to incorporate us, to give us
birth and make us live in Christ, to
apply to us the infinite merits
of His Precious Blood and His death,
and to animate, inspire and direct us
in all we think, say, do and suffer as
Christians and for God; therefore we
cannot pronounce the name of
Jesus except by the power of the
Holy Ghost, and we are not
sufficient to think a holy thought
without the grace of God.
[As conclusion we can say three
times: Holy Spirit, enlighten us, and
sanctify us]
INVOCATIONS TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT:
Let us claim the wonders that the
Holy Spirit acts since ever, and let
us answer to each invocation:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us.
Link of union between the Father
and the Son…
Spirit of wisdom and
understanding…
Spirit of counsel and fortitude…
Spirit of knowledge, piety and fear
of the Lord…
You, that in the creation moved
upon the waters…
You, that inspired the sacred
authors…
You, that spoke through the
prophets…
You, that shaped Jesus in the
womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary…
You, that took Jesus to the desert
to be tempted…
You, that sent Jesus to announce
the Gospel to the poor people…
You that comforted him in the
prayer in the garden…

6. You, that took him, by the will of
the Father, up to death…
You, that resurrected him from the
dead ones…
You that begot the Church en the
Easter…
You that bore the Church in
Pentecost…
You, that went down upon Mary…
You, that are the soul of the
Church…
You, the first Evangelist…
You, that remember us the
teachings of the Church..
You, that make Jesus present in
the sacraments…
You, that make us new creatures in
the holy baptism…
You, that make us witnesses of
Jesus in the Confirmation…
You, that convert the bread and
the wine into the Body and the
Blood f the Lord in the
Eucharist…
You that pray in the Christians…
Spirit of kindness and meekness…
Spirit of joy and fidelity…
Spirit of patience and charity…
Spirit of continence and chastity…
Spirit of modesty and
magnanimity…
Spirit of benignity and peace…
You, that make holy the saints…
LET´S PRAY
Jesus, get us and lead us, by the
power of the Saint Spirit, in order
to grow the saving efficacy of
your kingdom in us and in the
whole world.
Amen.
FINAL BLESSING
[For the last blessing you can use
this formula: Lord Jesus, we want
that you live and reign among us.
May the saint Virgin Mary and her
Son bless us. Amen.
Or next prayer, too]
Father of Jesus, angels of Jesus
and His saints, all creatures, come
to my aid. Help me to love your
Creator and mine.: In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
[O.C. I, 396]

7. SECOND DAY:
WHAT IS NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT?
" N O V E N A " O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T W I T H
T E X T S O F S A I N T J O H N E U D E S
BEGINNING
Let us claim the presence of the Holy Trinity in this prayer:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[We can request the presence of the Holy Spirit by suggesting a moment of
silence, praise, or with the next prayer of saint John Eudes to the Holy Spirit:
Holy Spirit, I give myself to you. Take possession of me, Lead me everywhere
and make that I live like a son of God, lake a member of Christ, and like
someone who belongs to you, and who must be animated, possessed and led
by you because I am born from you.
Amen
(O.C. III, 273).

8. COME, Holy Ghost,
send down those beams,
which sweetly flow in silent streams
from Thy bright throne above.
O come, Thou Father of the poor;
O come, Thou source of all our store,
come, fill our hearts with love.
O Thou, of comforters the best,
O Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
the pilgrim's sweet relief. Rest art
Thou in our toil, most sweet
refreshment in the noonday heat;
and solace in our grief.
O blessed Light of life Thou art;
fill with Thy light the inmost heart
of those who hope in Thee.
Without Thy Godhead nothing can,
have any price or worth in man,
nothing can harmless be.
Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
refresh from heaven our barren clay,
our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks
bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts
of snow, our wandering feet recall.
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
whose only hope is Thy sure word,
the sevenfold gifts of grace.
Grant us in life Thy grace that we,
in peace may die and ever be,
in joy before Thy face.
Amen. Alleluia.
MEDITATION
It is not enough for a Christian to
be free from vice and to abhor
every kind of sin. Beyond
that, it i s necessary to work with
diligence and resolution at the
task of becoming perfectly
detached from the world and
from the things of the world.
When I say "the world," I mean
the corrupt and disordered life
led in the world, the damnable
spirit that reigns over the world,
the perverse sentiments and
inclinations which men of the
world follow, and the pernicious
laws and maxims by which they
govern their behavior.
By the things of the world I mean
everything that the world so
highly values and loves and
strives after, namely, the honors
and praises of men, vain
pleasures and satisfactions,
wealth and temporal comforts,
friendships and affections based
on flesh and blood, on
self-Iove and selfish interests.
HOLY SPIRIT HYMN

9. Consider the life of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and you will see that He lived on
earth in most perfect detachment,
stripped of all things. Read His holy
Gospel, listen to His words, and you will
learn that "everyone of you that doth
not renounce all that he possesseth,
cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14, 33). So,
i f you really desire to be a Christian
and a disciple of Jesus Christ, and if
you wish to continue and express i n
yourself His holy life of detachment
from everything. you must strive to
achieve an absolute and universal
detachment from the world and from
worldly things.
To do this, you should frequently
reflect how the world always has been
and always will be opposed to Christ,
whom it has persecuted and crucified,
and will persecute and crucify, even to
the end of time. Consider that the
sentiments and inclinations. the rules
and maxims, the life and spirit of the
world are so opposed to the sentiments
and inclinations, the rules and maxims,
the life and spirit of Jesus that it i s
impossible for them to subsist together.
Christ's sentiments and inclinations
lead entirely.
[As conclusion we can say three times:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us, and sanctify
us]
INVOCATIONS TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT:
Let us claim the wonders that the
Holy Spirit acts since ever, and let
us answer to each invocation:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us.
Link of union between the Father
and the Son…
Spirit of wisdom and
understanding…
Spirit of counsel and fortitude…
Spirit of knowledge, piety and fear
of the Lord…
You, that in the creation moved
upon the waters…
You, that inspired the sacred
authors…
You, that spoke through the
prophets…
You, that shaped Jesus in the
womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary…
You, that took Jesus to the desert
to be tempted…
You, that sent Jesus to announce
the Gospel to the poor people…
You that comforted him in the
prayer in the garden…

10. You, that took him, by the will of
the Father, up to death…
You, that resurrected him from the
dead ones…
You that begot the Church en the
Easter…
You that bore the Church in
Pentecost…
You, that went down upon Mary…
You, that are the soul of the
Church…
You, the first Evangelist…
You, that remember us the
teachings of the Church..
You, that make Jesus present in
the sacraments…
You, that make us new creatures in
the holy baptism…
You, that make us witnesses of
Jesus in the Confirmation…
You, that convert the bread and
the wine into the Body and the
Blood f the Lord in the
Eucharist…
You that pray in the Christians…
Spirit of kindness and meekness…
Spirit of joy and fidelity…
Spirit of patience and charity…
Spirit of continence and chastity…
Spirit of modesty and
magnanimity…
Spirit of benignity and peace…
You, that make holy the saints…
LET´S PRAY
Jesus, get us and lead us, by the
power of the Saint Spirit, in order
to grow the saving efficacy of
your kingdom in us and in the
whole world.
Amen.
FINAL BLESSING
[For the last blessing you can use
this formula: Lord Jesus, we want
that you live and reign among us.
May the saint Virgin Mary and her
Son bless us. Amen.
Or next prayer, too]
Father of Jesus, angels of Jesus
and His saints, all creatures, come
to my aid. Help me to love your
Creator and mine.: In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
[O.C. I, 396]

11. THIRD DAY:
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE HEART
OF THE HOLY TRINITY
" N O V E N A " O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T W I T H
T E X T S O F S A I N T J O H N E U D E S
BEGINNING
Let us claim the presence of the Holy Trinity in this prayer:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[We can request the presence of the Holy Spirit by suggesting a moment of
silence, praise, or with the next prayer of saint John Eudes to the Holy Spirit:
Holy Spirit, I give myself to you. Take possession of me, Lead me everywhere
and make that I live like a son of God, lake a member of Christ, and like
someone who belongs to you, and who must be animated, possessed and led
by you because I am born from you.
Amen
(O.C. III, 273).

12. COME, Holy Ghost,
send down those beams,
which sweetly flow in silent streams
from Thy bright throne above.
O come, Thou Father of the poor;
O come, Thou source of all our store,
come, fill our hearts with love.
O Thou, of comforters the best,
O Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
the pilgrim's sweet relief. Rest art
Thou in our toil, most sweet
refreshment in the noonday heat;
and solace in our grief.
O blessed Light of life Thou art;
fill with Thy light the inmost heart
of those who hope in Thee.
Without Thy Godhead nothing can,
have any price or worth in man,
nothing can harmless be.
Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
refresh from heaven our barren clay,
our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks
bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts
of snow, our wandering feet recall.
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
whose only hope is Thy sure word,
the sevenfold gifts of grace.
Grant us in life Thy grace that we,
in peace may die and ever be,
in joy before Thy face.
Amen. Alleluia.
MEDITATION
The first heart to be found in the
Blessed Trinity is the Son of God,
who is the Heart of the
Eternal Father, as we have seen
above. The second is the Holy
Ghost, who is the Heart of
the Father and the Son. 'The third
is Divine Love Itself, an adorable
attribute of the divine essence. ,
which can be considered as the
Heart of the Father, of the Son
and of the Holy Ghost.
These three hearts are in reality
only one single Heart, and with it
the three eternal Persons love
one another as They deserve to
be loved. They also love mankind
with an incomparable charity.
HOLY SPIRIT HYMN

13. The first heart to be found in our
Loving Saviour, Jesus Christ, the
God-Man, is His heart of
flesh, deified like all the other parts
of His sacred body by its hypostatic
union with the Divine Word. The
second is His spiritual heart, that is,
the superior faculties of His holy
soul, ilk, cluding His memory, His
understanding and His will, all most
specially deified by the hypostatic
union. The third is His divine heart,
that is, the Holy Ghost, by whom His
adorable humanity has always been
animated~ mated in a higher degree
than by its own soul and heart.
[As conclusion we can say three
times: Holy Spirit, enlighten us, and
sanctify us]
INVOCATIONS TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT:
Let us claim the wonders that the
Holy Spirit acts since ever, and let
us answer to each invocation:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us.
Link of union between the Father
and the Son…
Spirit of wisdom and
understanding…
Spirit of counsel and fortitude…
Spirit of knowledge, piety and fear
of the Lord…
You, that in the creation moved
upon the waters…
You, that inspired the sacred
authors…
You, that spoke through the
prophets…
You, that shaped Jesus in the
womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary…
You, that took Jesus to the desert
to be tempted…
You, that sent Jesus to announce
the Gospel to the poor people…
You that comforted him in the
prayer in the garden…

14. You, that took him, by the will of
the Father, up to death…
You, that resurrected him from the
dead ones…
You that begot the Church en the
Easter…
You that bore the Church in
Pentecost…
You, that went down upon Mary…
You, that are the soul of the
Church…
You, the first Evangelist…
You, that remember us the
teachings of the Church..
You, that make Jesus present in
the sacraments…
You, that make us new creatures in
the holy baptism…
You, that make us witnesses of
Jesus in the Confirmation…
You, that convert the bread and
the wine into the Body and the
Blood f the Lord in the
Eucharist…
You that pray in the Christians…
Spirit of kindness and meekness…
Spirit of joy and fidelity…
Spirit of patience and charity…
Spirit of continence and chastity…
Spirit of modesty and
magnanimity…
Spirit of benignity and peace…
You, that make holy the saints…
LET´S PRAY
Jesus, get us and lead us, by the
power of the Saint Spirit, in order
to grow the saving efficacy of
your kingdom in us and in the
whole world.
Amen.
FINAL BLESSING
[For the last blessing you can use
this formula: Lord Jesus, we want
that you live and reign among us.
May the saint Virgin Mary and her
Son bless us. Amen.
Or next prayer, too]
Father of Jesus, angels of Jesus
and His saints, all creatures, come
to my aid. Help me to love your
Creator and mine.: In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
[O.C. I, 396]

15. FOURTH DAY:
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE HEART OF
JESUS
" N O V E N A " O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T W I T H
T E X T S O F S A I N T J O H N E U D E S
BEGINNING
Let us claim the presence of the Holy Trinity in this prayer:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[We can request the presence of the Holy Spirit by suggesting a moment of
silence, praise, or with the next prayer of saint John Eudes to the Holy Spirit:
Holy Spirit, I give myself to you. Take possession of me, Lead me everywhere
and make that I live like a son of God, lake a member of Christ, and like
someone who belongs to you, and who must be animated, possessed and led
by you because I am born from you.
Amen
(O.C. III, 273).

16. COME, Holy Ghost,
send down those beams,
which sweetly flow in silent streams
from Thy bright throne above.
O come, Thou Father of the poor;
O come, Thou source of all our store,
come, fill our hearts with love.
O Thou, of comforters the best,
O Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
the pilgrim's sweet relief. Rest art
Thou in our toil, most sweet
refreshment in the noonday heat;
and solace in our grief.
O blessed Light of life Thou art;
fill with Thy light the inmost heart
of those who hope in Thee.
Without Thy Godhead nothing can,
have any price or worth in man,
nothing can harmless be.
Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
refresh from heaven our barren clay,
our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks
bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts
of snow, our wandering feet recall.
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
whose only hope is Thy sure word,
the sevenfold gifts of grace.
Grant us in life Thy grace that we,
in peace may die and ever be,
in joy before Thy face.
Amen. Alleluia.
MEDITATION
The first, most important, and,
indeed, the only object of the
contemplation, love, and
delight of the Eternal Father is
His Son, Jesus. I repeat: the only
object. The Divine Father
has willed that His Son Jesus
should be "all in all things" (Eph. 1,
23), and that "He is before
all, and by Him all things consist
(Col. 1 , 17), according to the
words of St. Paul. This is why
God the Father beholds and
loves all things in His Son and
sees nothing but Him in all
things. The same Apostle also
teaches that God made all things
in Jesus and by Jesus (Col.
1, 16), and that likewise He made
all things for Jesus (Heb. 2, 10)
HOLY SPIRIT HYMN

17. He has embodied in His
Son "all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge" (Col. 2, 3), of His goodness
and beauty, of His glory and joy, and
of all His other divine perfections. He
tells us most clearly, and on several
occasions, that He has placed all His
complacency and delight in this Only
and Well-beloved Son. This does not,
of course, exclude the Holy Spirit,
since He is the Spirit of Jesus and is
one with Jesus.
Consider that the Holy Ghost lives and
reigns ineffably in the Heart of Jesus,
where He conceals the infinite
treasures of the knowledge and the
wisdom of God. He fills the Sacred
Heart with all His gifts to a preeminent
degree.
[As conclusion we can say three times:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us, and sanctify
us]
INVOCATIONS TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT:
Let us claim the wonders that the
Holy Spirit acts since ever, and let
us answer to each invocation:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us.
Link of union between the Father
and the Son…
Spirit of wisdom and
understanding…
Spirit of counsel and fortitude…
Spirit of knowledge, piety and fear
of the Lord…
You, that in the creation moved
upon the waters…
You, that inspired the sacred
authors…
You, that spoke through the
prophets…
You, that shaped Jesus in the
womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary…
You, that took Jesus to the desert
to be tempted…
You, that sent Jesus to announce
the Gospel to the poor people…
You that comforted him in the
prayer in the garden…

18. You, that took him, by the will of
the Father, up to death…
You, that resurrected him from the
dead ones…
You that begot the Church en the
Easter…
You that bore the Church in
Pentecost…
You, that went down upon Mary…
You, that are the soul of the
Church…
You, the first Evangelist…
You, that remember us the
teachings of the Church..
You, that make Jesus present in
the sacraments…
You, that make us new creatures in
the holy baptism…
You, that make us witnesses of
Jesus in the Confirmation…
You, that convert the bread and
the wine into the Body and the
Blood f the Lord in the
Eucharist…
You that pray in the Christians…
Spirit of kindness and meekness…
Spirit of joy and fidelity…
Spirit of patience and charity…
Spirit of continence and chastity…
Spirit of modesty and
magnanimity…
Spirit of benignity and peace…
You, that make holy the saints…
LET´S PRAY
Jesus, get us and lead us, by the
power of the Saint Spirit, in order
to grow the saving efficacy of
your kingdom in us and in the
whole world.
Amen.
FINAL BLESSING
[For the last blessing you can use
this formula: Lord Jesus, we want
that you live and reign among us.
May the saint Virgin Mary and her
Son bless us. Amen.
Or next prayer, too]
Father of Jesus, angels of Jesus
and His saints, all creatures, come
to my aid. Help me to love your
Creator and mine.: In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
[O.C. I, 396]

19. FIFTH DAY:
THE HOLY SPIRIT GLORIFIES JESUS
THROUGH US
" N O V E N A " O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T W I T H
T E X T S O F S A I N T J O H N E U D E S
BEGINNING
Let us claim the presence of the Holy Trinity in this prayer:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[We can request the presence of the Holy Spirit by suggesting a moment of
silence, praise, or with the next prayer of saint John Eudes to the Holy Spirit:
Holy Spirit, I give myself to you. Take possession of me, Lead me everywhere
and make that I live like a son of God, lake a member of Christ, and like
someone who belongs to you, and who must be animated, possessed and led
by you because I am born from you.
Amen
(O.C. III, 273).

20. COME, Holy Ghost,
send down those beams,
which sweetly flow in silent streams
from Thy bright throne above.
O come, Thou Father of the poor;
O come, Thou source of all our store,
come, fill our hearts with love.
O Thou, of comforters the best,
O Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
the pilgrim's sweet relief. Rest art
Thou in our toil, most sweet
refreshment in the noonday heat;
and solace in our grief.
O blessed Light of life Thou art;
fill with Thy light the inmost heart
of those who hope in Thee.
Without Thy Godhead nothing can,
have any price or worth in man,
nothing can harmless be.
Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
refresh from heaven our barren clay,
our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks
bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts
of snow, our wandering feet recall.
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
whose only hope is Thy sure word,
the sevenfold gifts of grace.
Grant us in life Thy grace that we,
in peace may die and ever be,
in joy before Thy face.
Amen. Alleluia.
MEDITATION
Offer to Jesus all the acts and the
love, praise and acts of adoration
you shall give Him in
union with the love, glory, and
praises that were accorded Him i
n the first year of His life
by His Eternal Father, by Himself,
by the Holy Spirit, by His Blessed
Mother, His angels and
all His saints, to make Him a
hundredfold return for all the
glory and love you should have
given Him in the first year of your
life, if you had enjoyed the use of
reason.
Immense love, God of the
Universe, Thou dost fill heaven
and earth; Thou art everywhere
and in all things
HOLY SPIRIT HYMN

21. Everywhere dost Thou infinitely love
the Father and the Holy Spirit, and
art infinitely loved by Them. So, too,
Thou dost love me infinitely in all
places and in all things. Let me love
Thee also in all places and all things,
and let me love all things in Thee and
for Thee. To that end, I unite myself to
Thy divine immensity, and in its
fathomless power, I direct my mind
and my will everywhere and into all
places in the world.
There, in all the power and immensity
of Thy spirit and Thy love, I love Thee,
glorify Thee and adore Thee infinitely. I
also unite myself to the all embracing
love of Thy Father and Thy Holy Spirit
for Thee, manifested everywhere and
in all things that are in heaven, on earth
and even in hell.
[As conclusion we can say three times:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us, and sanctify
us]
INVOCATIONS TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT:
Let us claim the wonders that the
Holy Spirit acts since ever, and let
us answer to each invocation:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us.
Link of union between the Father
and the Son…
Spirit of wisdom and
understanding…
Spirit of counsel and fortitude…
Spirit of knowledge, piety and fear
of the Lord…
You, that in the creation moved
upon the waters…
You, that inspired the sacred
authors…
You, that spoke through the
prophets…
You, that shaped Jesus in the
womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary…
You, that took Jesus to the desert
to be tempted…
You, that sent Jesus to announce
the Gospel to the poor people…
You that comforted him in the
prayer in the garden…

22. You, that took him, by the will of
the Father, up to death…
You, that resurrected him from the
dead ones…
You that begot the Church en the
Easter…
You that bore the Church in
Pentecost…
You, that went down upon Mary…
You, that are the soul of the
Church…
You, the first Evangelist…
You, that remember us the
teachings of the Church..
You, that make Jesus present in
the sacraments…
You, that make us new creatures in
the holy baptism…
You, that make us witnesses of
Jesus in the Confirmation…
You, that convert the bread and
the wine into the Body and the
Blood f the Lord in the
Eucharist…
You that pray in the Christians…
Spirit of kindness and meekness…
Spirit of joy and fidelity…
Spirit of patience and charity…
Spirit of continence and chastity…
Spirit of modesty and
magnanimity…
Spirit of benignity and peace…
You, that make holy the saints…
LET´S PRAY
Jesus, get us and lead us, by the
power of the Saint Spirit, in order
to grow the saving efficacy of
your kingdom in us and in the
whole world.
Amen.
FINAL BLESSING
[For the last blessing you can use
this formula: Lord Jesus, we want
that you live and reign among us.
May the saint Virgin Mary and her
Son bless us. Amen.
Or next prayer, too]
Father of Jesus, angels of Jesus
and His saints, all creatures, come
to my aid. Help me to love your
Creator and mine.: In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
[O.C. I, 396]

23. SIXTH DAY:
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE HEART OF
MARY
" N O V E N A " O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T W I T H
T E X T S O F S A I N T J O H N E U D E S
BEGINNING
Let us claim the presence of the Holy Trinity in this prayer:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[We can request the presence of the Holy Spirit by suggesting a moment of
silence, praise, or with the next prayer of saint John Eudes to the Holy Spirit:
Holy Spirit, I give myself to you. Take possession of me, Lead me everywhere
and make that I live like a son of God, lake a member of Christ, and like
someone who belongs to you, and who must be animated, possessed and led
by you because I am born from you.
Amen
(O.C. III, 273).

24. COME, Holy Ghost,
send down those beams,
which sweetly flow in silent streams
from Thy bright throne above.
O come, Thou Father of the poor;
O come, Thou source of all our store,
come, fill our hearts with love.
O Thou, of comforters the best,
O Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
the pilgrim's sweet relief. Rest art
Thou in our toil, most sweet
refreshment in the noonday heat;
and solace in our grief.
O blessed Light of life Thou art;
fill with Thy light the inmost heart
of those who hope in Thee.
Without Thy Godhead nothing can,
have any price or worth in man,
nothing can harmless be.
Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
refresh from heaven our barren clay,
our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks
bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts
of snow, our wandering feet recall.
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
whose only hope is Thy sure word,
the sevenfold gifts of grace.
Grant us in life Thy grace that we,
in peace may die and ever be,
in joy before Thy face.
Amen. Alleluia.
MEDITATION
I CALL the Magnificat the true
Canticle of the most holy Heart of
the Blessed Virgin Mary
for several reasons.
First of all, it originated in her
immaculate Heart and its melody
vibrated her heart-strings
before it found voice on her lips.
Secondly, the words were sung
only through the impetus and
inspiration flowing from her
Heart-from her corporeal, spiritual
and divine Heart. 'The corporeal
Heart of Mary, being filled with
acute and extraordinary joy,
impelled her most holy mouth to
sing this Magnificat with
extraordinary fervor and jubilation;
her spiritual Heart, being wholly
delighted and enraptured i n God,
brought forth from her hallowed
lips them ecstatic words: "And my
spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Saviour." (Lc 1, 47)
HOLY SPIRIT HYMN

25. But Her divine Heart,
that is to say, the divine Child who was
hidden in her blessed womb and
dwelling in her Heart, the soul of her
soul, the spirit of her spirit and the Heart
of her Heart, is the primary
author of this canticle. It is this divine
Heart which inspired the mind of the
holy Mother with the thoughts and
truths contained in the canticle. It is the
Heart of Jesus who pronounces through
her, its prophetic utterance of praise.
Thirdly, the Magnificat is the canticle of
the Heart of the Mother of uncreated
love, that is, the canticle of the Holy
Spirit, Who is the spirit and the Heart of
the Eternal Father and the Divine Son.
The Holy Ghost is also the Heart and
the Spirit of the Virgin Mother,
pervading and possessing her so
completely that her very presence and
voice filled with the same spirit St.
Zachary, St. Elizabeth and her unborn
child, St. John the Baptist.
[As conclusion we can say three times:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us, and sanctify
us]
INVOCATIONS TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Let us claim the wonders that the
Holy Spirit acts since ever, and let
us answer to each invocation:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us.
Link of union between the Father
and the Son…
Spirit of wisdom and
understanding…
Spirit of counsel and fortitude…
Spirit of knowledge, piety and fear
of the Lord…
You, that in the creation moved
upon the waters…
You, that inspired the sacred
authors…
You, that spoke through the
prophets…
You, that shaped Jesus in the
womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary…
You, that took Jesus to the desert
to be tempted…
You, that sent Jesus to announce
the Gospel to the poor people…
You that comforted him in the
prayer in the garden…

26. You, that took him, by the will of
the Father, up to death…
You, that resurrected him from the
dead ones…
You that begot the Church en the
Easter…
You that bore the Church in
Pentecost…
You, that went down upon Mary…
You, that are the soul of the
Church…
You, the first Evangelist…
You, that remember us the
teachings of the Church..
You, that make Jesus present in
the sacraments…
You, that make us new creatures in
the holy baptism…
You, that make us witnesses of
Jesus in the Confirmation…
You, that convert the bread and
the wine into the Body and the
Blood f the Lord in the
Eucharist…
You that pray in the Christians…
Spirit of kindness and meekness…
Spirit of joy and fidelity…
Spirit of patience and charity…
Spirit of continence and chastity…
Spirit of modesty and
magnanimity…
Spirit of benignity and peace…
You, that make holy the saints…
LET´S PRAY
Jesus, get us and lead us, by the
power of the Saint Spirit, in order
to grow the saving efficacy of
your kingdom in us and in the
whole world.
Amen.
FINAL BLESSING
[For the last blessing you can use
this formula: Lord Jesus, we want
that you live and reign among us.
May the saint Virgin Mary and her
Son bless us. Amen.
Or next prayer, too]
Father of Jesus, angels of Jesus
and His saints, all creatures, come
to my aid. Help me to love your
Creator and mine.: In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
[O.C. I, 396]

27. SEVENTH DAY:
THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS AND
GOVERNS THE CHURCH
" N O V E N A " O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T W I T H
T E X T S O F S A I N T J O H N E U D E S
BEGINNING
Let us claim the presence of the Holy Trinity in this prayer:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[We can request the presence of the Holy Spirit by suggesting a moment of
silence, praise, or with the next prayer of saint John Eudes to the Holy Spirit:
Holy Spirit, I give myself to you. Take possession of me, Lead me everywhere
and make that I live like a son of God, lake a member of Christ, and like
someone who belongs to you, and who must be animated, possessed and led
by you because I am born from you.
Amen
(O.C. III, 273).

28. COME, Holy Ghost,
send down those beams,
which sweetly flow in silent streams
from Thy bright throne above.
O come, Thou Father of the poor;
O come, Thou source of all our store,
come, fill our hearts with love.
O Thou, of comforters the best,
O Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
the pilgrim's sweet relief. Rest art
Thou in our toil, most sweet
refreshment in the noonday heat;
and solace in our grief.
O blessed Light of life Thou art;
fill with Thy light the inmost heart
of those who hope in Thee.
Without Thy Godhead nothing can,
have any price or worth in man,
nothing can harmless be.
Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
refresh from heaven our barren clay,
our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks
bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts
of snow, our wandering feet recall.
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
whose only hope is Thy sure word,
the sevenfold gifts of grace.
Grant us in life Thy grace that we,
in peace may die and ever be,
in joy before Thy face.
Amen. Alleluia.
MEDITATION
In order to save us from the
deepest possible abyss of misery
and malediction, and to
raise us to the highest
conceivable degree of happiness
and grandeur, God willed that His
Divine Son should become man,
mortal and capable of suffering
like ourselves... and that,
having ascended into heaven, He
should send His Holy Spirit to
govern His Church, to rule
her in all things and to abide with
her forever.
Adore the Three Divine Persons of
the Blessed Trinity in all that They
mean to the Church,
Their incomprehensible love and
lofty designs upon it from all
eternity.
HOLY SPIRIT HYMN

29. Adore and bless all
that They have effectuated through
the Church or will ever accomplish.
Study the love and zeal of the Father,
the Son and the Holy Ghost that you
may learn to love and serve the
Church as the beloved daughter of
the Eternal Father, who gave her His
Son to be her Spouse, and His Holy
Spirit to be her Soul and Heart.
[As conclusion we can say three
times: Holy Spirit, enlighten us, and
sanctify us]
INVOCATIONS TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Let us claim the wonders that the
Holy Spirit acts since ever, and let
us answer to each invocation:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us.
Link of union between the Father
and the Son…
Spirit of wisdom and
understanding…
Spirit of counsel and fortitude…
Spirit of knowledge, piety and fear
of the Lord…
You, that in the creation moved
upon the waters…
You, that inspired the sacred
authors…
You, that spoke through the
prophets…
You, that shaped Jesus in the
womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary…
You, that took Jesus to the desert
to be tempted…
You, that sent Jesus to announce
the Gospel to the poor people…
You that comforted him in the
prayer in the garden…

30. You, that took him, by the will of
the Father, up to death…
You, that resurrected him from the
dead ones…
You that begot the Church en the
Easter…
You that bore the Church in
Pentecost…
You, that went down upon Mary…
You, that are the soul of the
Church…
You, the first Evangelist…
You, that remember us the
teachings of the Church..
You, that make Jesus present in
the sacraments…
You, that make us new creatures in
the holy baptism…
You, that make us witnesses of
Jesus in the Confirmation…
You, that convert the bread and
the wine into the Body and the
Blood f the Lord in the
Eucharist…
You that pray in the Christians…
Spirit of kindness and meekness…
Spirit of joy and fidelity…
Spirit of patience and charity…
Spirit of continence and chastity…
Spirit of modesty and
magnanimity…
Spirit of benignity and peace…
You, that make holy the saints…
LET´S PRAY
Jesus, get us and lead us, by the
power of the Saint Spirit, in order
to grow the saving efficacy of
your kingdom in us and in the
whole world.
Amen.
FINAL BLESSING
[For the last blessing you can use
this formula: Lord Jesus, we want
that you live and reign among us.
May the saint Virgin Mary and her
Son bless us. Amen.
Or next prayer, too]
Father of Jesus, angels of Jesus
and His saints, all creatures, come
to my aid. Help me to love your
Creator and mine.: In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
[O.C. I, 396]

31. EIGHTH DAY:
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE LIFE OF
THE BELIEVER
" N O V E N A " O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T W I T H
T E X T S O F S A I N T J O H N E U D E S
BEGINNING
Let us claim the presence of the Holy Trinity in this prayer:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[We can request the presence of the Holy Spirit by suggesting a moment of
silence, praise, or with the next prayer of saint John Eudes to the Holy Spirit:
Holy Spirit, I give myself to you. Take possession of me, Lead me everywhere
and make that I live like a son of God, lake a member of Christ, and like
someone who belongs to you, and who must be animated, possessed and led
by you because I am born from you.
Amen
(O.C. III, 273).

32. COME, Holy Ghost,
send down those beams,
which sweetly flow in silent streams
from Thy bright throne above.
O come, Thou Father of the poor;
O come, Thou source of all our store,
come, fill our hearts with love.
O Thou, of comforters the best,
O Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
the pilgrim's sweet relief. Rest art
Thou in our toil, most sweet
refreshment in the noonday heat;
and solace in our grief.
O blessed Light of life Thou art;
fill with Thy light the inmost heart
of those who hope in Thee.
Without Thy Godhead nothing can,
have any price or worth in man,
nothing can harmless be.
Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
refresh from heaven our barren clay,
our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks
bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts
of snow, our wandering feet recall.
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
whose only hope is Thy sure word,
the sevenfold gifts of grace.
Grant us in life Thy grace that we,
in peace may die and ever be,
in joy before Thy face.
Amen. Alleluia.
MEDITATION
A Christian is a temple of the
Holy Ghost. "Know you not,"
says St. Paul, "that your
members are the temple of the
Holy Ghost?" (I Cor. 6, 19). Being
children of God and one
with the Son of God as
members with their Head, it
necessarily follows that we
must be animated by the same
spirit. St. Paul says: "And
because you arc sons, God hath
sent the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts" (Gal- 4 , 6); and "if
any man have not the Spirit of
Christ, he is none of his" (Rom.
8, 9). Hence the Holy Spirit has
been given us to be the Spirit of
our spirit, the Heart of our heart
and the Soul of our soul, to be
always with us and within
us, not only as if dwelling in His
temple...
HOLY SPIRIT HYMN

33. All these truths are essentially solid
and infallible. Let us consider them
attentively, weigh
them carefully and engrave them
deeply upon our hearts, to excite
ourselves to bless and
love God because of our infinite
obligations to Him for having made
us Christians. We
must resolve to detest our
ingratitude and our past sins, and
henceforth to lead a life
worthy of the perfection of the
Father whose children we are, and of
the purity of the
Spirit whose body we share.
[As conclusion we can say three
times: Holy Spirit, enlighten us, and
sanctify us]
INVOCATIONS TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Let us claim the wonders that the
Holy Spirit acts since ever, and let
us answer to each invocation:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us.
Link of union between the Father
and the Son…
Spirit of wisdom and
understanding…
Spirit of counsel and fortitude…
Spirit of knowledge, piety and fear
of the Lord…
You, that in the creation moved
upon the waters…
You, that inspired the sacred
authors…
You, that spoke through the
prophets…
You, that shaped Jesus in the
womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary…
You, that took Jesus to the desert
to be tempted…
You, that sent Jesus to announce
the Gospel to the poor people…
You that comforted him in the
prayer in the garden…

34. You, that took him, by the will of
the Father, up to death…
You, that resurrected him from the
dead ones…
You that begot the Church en the
Easter…
You that bore the Church in
Pentecost…
You, that went down upon Mary…
You, that are the soul of the
Church…
You, the first Evangelist…
You, that remember us the
teachings of the Church..
You, that make Jesus present in
the sacraments…
You, that make us new creatures in
the holy baptism…
You, that make us witnesses of
Jesus in the Confirmation…
You, that convert the bread and
the wine into the Body and the
Blood f the Lord in the
Eucharist…
You that pray in the Christians…
Spirit of kindness and meekness…
Spirit of joy and fidelity…
Spirit of patience and charity…
Spirit of continence and chastity…
Spirit of modesty and
magnanimity…
Spirit of benignity and peace…
You, that make holy the saints…
LET´S PRAY
Jesus, get us and lead us, by the
power of the Saint Spirit, in order
to grow the saving efficacy of
your kingdom in us and in the
whole world.
Amen.
FINAL BLESSING
[For the last blessing you can use
this formula: Lord Jesus, we want
that you live and reign among us.
May the saint Virgin Mary and her
Son bless us. Amen.
Or next prayer, too]
Father of Jesus, angels of Jesus
and His saints, all creatures, come
to my aid. Help me to love your
Creator and mine.: In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
[O.C. I, 396]

35. NINTH DAY:
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SOURCE OF
HOLINESS TO THE CHRISTIAN
" N O V E N A " O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T W I T H
T E X T S O F S A I N T J O H N E U D E S
BEGINNING
Let us claim the presence of the Holy Trinity in this prayer:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[We can request the presence of the Holy Spirit by suggesting a moment of
silence, praise, or with the next prayer of saint John Eudes to the Holy Spirit:
Holy Spirit, I give myself to you. Take possession of me, Lead me everywhere
and make that I live like a son of God, lake a member of Christ, and like
someone who belongs to you, and who must be animated, possessed and led
by you because I am born from you.
Amen
(O.C. III, 273).

36. COME, Holy Ghost,
send down those beams,
which sweetly flow in silent streams
from Thy bright throne above.
O come, Thou Father of the poor;
O come, Thou source of all our store,
come, fill our hearts with love.
O Thou, of comforters the best,
O Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
the pilgrim's sweet relief. Rest art
Thou in our toil, most sweet
refreshment in the noonday heat;
and solace in our grief.
O blessed Light of life Thou art;
fill with Thy light the inmost heart
of those who hope in Thee.
Without Thy Godhead nothing can,
have any price or worth in man,
nothing can harmless be.
Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
refresh from heaven our barren clay,
our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks
bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts
of snow, our wandering feet recall.
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
whose only hope is Thy sure word,
the sevenfold gifts of grace.
Grant us in life Thy grace that we,
in peace may die and ever be,
in joy before Thy face.
Amen. Alleluia.
MEDITATION
Is most important for everyone
to understand that not only
religious but all Christians no
matter what their state in life,
are obliged, as members of
Jesus Christ, to live the life of
their Head, that is, a thoroughly
holy life, and to perform all their
actions, whether great or small,
in a Christian manner.
What do I mean when I say in a
Christian manner? I mean in a
divine and holy manner, in
the manner which characterized
Jesus Christ in everything that
He ,did. I mean with the
spirit of Jesus Christ, with His
holy and divine dispositions.
HOLY SPIRIT HYMN

37. I beg you to return often to the
consideration of the fact that Jesus
Christ is our Head and all of us are His
members, and that our union with Him
is much more perfect and intimate
than that of the members of a natural
body with their head, because the
principle of this union is His grace.
Hence you are obliged to do
everything in Him and for Him; for Him
because the members belong to Him,
because everything in the members
belongs to the Head; in Him, that is, in
His spirit, dispositions and intentions,
because the members must follow
and imitate their Head, and must be
animated only by His spirit, with no
other dispositions and intentions but
His.
[As conclusion we can say three times:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us, and sanctify
us]
INVOCATIONS TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Let us claim the wonders that the
Holy Spirit acts since ever, and let
us answer to each invocation:
Holy Spirit, enlighten us.
Link of union between the Father
and the Son…
Spirit of wisdom and
understanding…
Spirit of counsel and fortitude…
Spirit of knowledge, piety and fear
of the Lord…
You, that in the creation moved
upon the waters…
You, that inspired the sacred
authors…
You, that spoke through the
prophets…
You, that shaped Jesus in the
womb of the blessed Virgin
Mary…
You, that took Jesus to the desert
to be tempted…
You, that sent Jesus to announce
the Gospel to the poor people…
You that comforted him in the
prayer in the garden…

38. You, that took him, by the will of
the Father, up to death…
You, that resurrected him from the
dead ones…
You that begot the Church en the
Easter…
You that bore the Church in
Pentecost…
You, that went down upon Mary…
You, that are the soul of the
Church…
You, the first Evangelist…
You, that remember us the
teachings of the Church..
You, that make Jesus present in
the sacraments…
You, that make us new creatures in
the holy baptism…
You, that make us witnesses of
Jesus in the Confirmation…
You, that convert the bread and
the wine into the Body and the
Blood f the Lord in the
Eucharist…
You that pray in the Christians…
Spirit of kindness and meekness…
Spirit of joy and fidelity…
Spirit of patience and charity…
Spirit of continence and chastity…
Spirit of modesty and
magnanimity…
Spirit of benignity and peace…
You, that make holy the saints…
LET´S PRAY
Jesus, get us and lead us, by the
power of the Saint Spirit, in order
to grow the saving efficacy of
your kingdom in us and in the
whole world.
Amen.
FINAL BLESSING
[For the last blessing you can use
this formula: Lord Jesus, we want
that you live and reign among us.
May the saint Virgin Mary and her
Son bless us. Amen.
Or next prayer, too]
Father of Jesus, angels of Jesus
and His saints, all creatures, come
to my aid. Help me to love your
Creator and mine.: In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
[O.C. I, 396]