The Toronto Anglican Use Sodality (TAUS) will be meeting in June to select a patronal (saint's) name for the community and to consider the process of forming a mission parish following the year May 2012 - May 2013 during which TAUS has offered Sung Mass every Sunday at Sacré-Coeur Parish Church. Now it is time to reach out in the Year of Faith as together we seek to re-evangelize our city and the world.
TAUS receives a second group of baptized people into the full communion of the Catholic Church this week and looks to receive others this Fall. Members and friends are asked to offer the Novena to the Holy Spirit this Pentecost for our Holy Father, Pope Francis, for the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter and, in particular, for the Toronto mission (TAUS) that those who have expressed a desire to respond to Pope Benedict's welcome will have the courage to do so in light of our Lord's prayer "that they all may be one."
The novena (nine days of prayer) to the Holy Spirit is the oldest of all novenas since it was first made at the
direction of Our Lord Jesus, himself when he sent his apostles back to Jerusalem to
await the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. It is still the only
novena officially prescribed by the Church. Addressed to the Third Person of
the Blessed Trinity, it is a powerful plea for the light and strength and love
so sorely needed by every Christian community and individual for the re-evangelization of the world.
TAUS receives a second group of baptized people into the full communion of the Catholic Church this week and looks to receive others this Fall. Members and friends are asked to offer the Novena to the Holy Spirit this Pentecost for our Holy Father, Pope Francis, for the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter and, in particular, for the Toronto mission (TAUS) that those who have expressed a desire to respond to Pope Benedict's welcome will have the courage to do so in light of our Lord's prayer "that they all may be one."
PENTECOST NOVENA
Begin with this prayer each day:
Begin with this prayer each day:
O Holy Spirit, my Lord and my God, I adore Thee and humbly acknowledge here in Thy sacred presence that I am nothing, and can do nothing, without Thy operation within me.
Come, great Paraclete, Thou Father of the poor, Thou Comforter of the blest, fulfill the promise of our Saviour, who would not leave us orphans, and enter my mind and heart as thou didst descend on the day of Pentecost upon the holy Mother of Jesus and upon his first disciples. Grant that I may have a part in those gifts which Thou didst so prodigally bestow upon them.
Take from my heart all that
is not pleasing to thee and make of it a worthy dwelling place for Jesus.
Illumine my mind,
that I may see and understand the things that are for my eternal welfare.
Inflame my heart with pure love of the Father, that, cleansed from attachment to all unworthy objects, my whole life may be hidden with Jesus in God.
Strengthen my will,
that it may be conformable to the will of my Creator and guided by Thy holy
inspirations.
Aid me to practice the heavenly virtues of humility, poverty, and obedience which are taught me in the earthly life of Jesus.
Descend upon me, O
mighty Spirit, that, inspired and encouraged by thee, I may faithfully fulfill
the duties of my state in life, carry my daily cross with patience and courage,
and accomplish the Father's will for me more perfectly. Make me, day by day,
more holy and give to me that heavenly peace which the world cannot give.
O Holy Spirit, Thou Giver of every good and perfect gift, grant to me the intentions of this novena of prayer [Mention intentions]. May the Father's will be done in me and through me. And mayest Thou, O mighty Spirit of the living God, be praised and glorified for ever and ever. Amen.
Then follows the
hymn to God the Holy Spirit:
Veni Creator
Spiritus
1. Come, Holy Ghost,
our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire,
Thou the anointing
Spirit art; Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart.
2. Thy blessed
unction from above, is comfort, life, and fire of love,
Enable with
perpetual light the dullness of our blinded sight.
3. Anoint and cheer
our soiled face with the abundance of Thy grace.
Keep far our foes,
give peace at home; where Thou art Guide, no ill can come.
4. Teach us to know
the Father, Son, and Thee, of both, to be but One;
That, through the
ages all along, This may be our endless song:
Praise to Thine eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Then is said the
Our Father and Hail Mary.
Then follows
either the following prayer, or one of the prayers proper to the day below.
Let us pray.
O God, who as at
this time didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people by sending to them the
light of thy Holy Spirit: grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment
in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort. Through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
First Day
Come, O Holy Ghost,
the Lord and Life-giver; take up Thy dwelling within my soul, and make of it Thy sacred temple. Make me live by grace as an adopted child of God. Pervade all
the energies of my soul, and create in me a fountain of living water springing
up into life everlasting.
Second Day
Come, O Spirit of
Wisdom, and reveal to my soul the mysteries of heavenly things, their exceeding
greatness, and power, and beauty. Teach me to love them above and beyond all
the passing joys and satisfactions of earth. Show me the way by which I may be
able to attain to them, and possess them, and hold them hereafter, my own
forever.
Third Day
Come, O Spirit of
Understanding, and enlighten my mind, that I may know and believe all the
mysteries of salvation, and may merit at last to see the eternal light in Thy
light; and in the light of glory to have the clear vision of Thee and the
Father and the Son.
Fourth Day
Come, O Spirit of
Counsel, help and guide me in all my ways, that I may always do Thy holy will.
Incline my heart to that which is good, turn it away from all that is evil, and
direct me by the path of Thy commandments to the goal of eternal life.
Fifth Day
Come, O Spirit of
Fortitude, and give courage to my soul. Make my heart strong in all trials and
in all distress, pouring forth abundantly into it the gifts of strength, that I
may be able to resist the attacks of the devil.
Sixth Day
Come, O Spirit of
Knowledge, and make me understand and despise the emptiness and nothingness of
the world. Give me grace to use the world only for Thy glory and the salvation
of thy creatures. May I always be very faithful in putting thy rewards before
every earthly gift.
Seventh Day
Come, O Spirit of
Piety, possess my heart; incline it to a true faith in Thee, to a holy love of Thee, my God, that with my whole soul I may seek Thee, and find thee my best,
my truest joy.
Eighth Day
Come, O Spirit of
holy Fear, penetrate my inmost heart, that I may set thee, my Lord and God,
before my face forever; and shun all things that can offend thee so that I may
be made worthy to appear before the pure eyes of thy divine Majesty in the
heaven of heavens, where thou livest and reignest in the unity of the
Ever-blessed Trinity, world without end.
Ninth Day
Come, O Holy
Comforter, and grant me a relish for heavenly things. Produce in my soul the
fruits of virtue, so that, being filled with all sweetness and joy in the
pursuit of good, I may attain unto eternal blessedness.
