Novena to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolation, through Christ our Lord. Amen. O Holy Spirit, Creator, mercifully assist your Catholic Church, and by your heavenly power strengthen and establish her against the assaults of her enemies. By your love and grace renew the spirit of your servants whom you have anointed, that in you they may glorify the Father and his only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Grant me, I pray, the seven gifts of your Spirit: wisdom and understanding, counsel and fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. Amen. Pray for nine days, from the Friday after the Ascension to the vigil of Pentecost.