Prayer + The Holy Spirit - What An Awesome Duo

You can pray it alone as well. The verse and response lines are taken from Psalm Keep in mind as always, to avoid confusion, that when we speak of God we are referring to Him in three Divine Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, acting as one. Fire is a particularly fitting image. Light is the symbol of truth.

Heat is the symbol of love. Lord, by the light of the Holy Spirit You have taught the hearts of your faithful. In the same Spirit help us to relish what is right and always rejoice in His consolation. As our Lord said once, it is like building a house on a foundation of sand Matt 7: Do you know people who are very clever, full of worldly wisdom, and yet are duplicitous? And speaking of worldly wisdom, how often do some of our worldly desires wind up being mainly about gratifying our animal instincts?

But for me, shopping is like having my teeth cleaned—a necessity that must be endured. I might still be wearing last decade's styles if God had not infiltrated my aversion to stores, taken the pain out of purchasing—and transformed my understanding of prayer. It all started with an orange carpet stain.

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My daughter, who was in elementary school at the time, accidentally spilled juice on the carpet in our family room. Discovering the dried stain days later, I shot up a desperate prayer: Carpet stain removers lined the lowest shelf of cleaning supplies at Walmart, forcing me to kneel down to examine them. Miraculous claims of stain-cleaning power shouted at me from every can.

I pondered all the choices, wondering how to choose the best one. To my relief, hardly a soul graced the store at 8 in the morning as I, a usually dignified physician, scooted on my knees sideways down the aisle asking God about stain removers. Did He really care about something so insignificant? Would He be angry if I asked?

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Get Spirit-filled content delivered right to your inbox! Click here to subscribe to our newsletter. With a smidgen of faith and a mountain of self-consciousness, I placed my hand on top of a can of cleaner, closed my eyes and asked God, Is this the right one? I waited a few seconds. What was I expecting, thunder from heaven? I moved on to the next. As my hand rested on the fourth can a voice proclaimed, "That is the best stain remover. My eyes flew open. I heard it again. I turned toward the direction of the voice.

Two frail-looking, white-haired women were ambling down the aisle toward me—not exactly my concept of angelic beings. I paused, my hand motionless on the can. But as they passed behind me one of the duo declared for the third time, "That is the best stain remover. That incident revolutionized shopping for me. If God cared about a carpet stain, would it be OK to seek His wisdom for other purchases? I needed to buy shoes for our daughter, for instance. What was the harm in asking?

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God is omniscient; He would know where to find the perfect fit. After all, nothing rivaled trying to find shoes for Amelia's narrow feet. Come, Holy Spirit; renew me. Thanks for the beautiful reflection as well as for the link to the Prayers to the Holy Spirit. I saw this link about a year ago, printed it and use it very often during my prayers. Let me share a little on this subject.

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My wife and I were in quite a bad spiritual state practically anti-God when we were told that we could not have a child. The Lord in his mercy drew us to a prayer meeting where there were testimonies by people from various faiths including some priests and leaders from the local Charismatic Renewal. We listened in particular to two gentlemen, a father and son. Their testimony was so powerful and it touched us so much that I went forward to be prayed over when the call was given and was prayed over by the older gentleman mentioned earlier.

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It was such a dramatic experience that it gives me shivers even when I think of it today, 30 years later. I was in tears, shaking and shivering, and I received the gift of tongues on the spot.

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My wife saw my experience, and she too went up and had a similar experience. Life was completely different after that. We were able to tell the Lord that even if he wanted us to be childless, we would be happy, as his will was more important that our want. It is only after this acceptance that the Lord gifted us with a son ten years into our marriage. Or use this Novena to the Holy Spirit Or read: Who is the Holy Spirit? Most of our content is available or can be made available for distribution at Catholic Digital Resources.

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Good News Prayer Room. Will you help Lydia and others who are hungry for the truth? You, too, can be a faith-builder on our team! Dear Terry, Thanks for the beautiful reflection as well as for the link to the Prayers to the Holy Spirit. Subscribe to more Good News at gogoodnews.