When Christ ascended into Heaven, He told them that He would send His Holy Spirit, and so they prayed for the coming of the Spirit. Because of the connection between the original novena and ...

Novena Prayers to Mary, Queen of Apostles Introduction Devotion to Mary as Queen ... Together with them she hoped, desired and prayed; with them her petitions were heeded and she received the Holy ...

Novena, from nine days, has biblical roots and reflects the nine days of preparation the apostles and Mary underwent before they received the Holy Spirit (Acts 1, 13f). There are numerous novenas -- ...

Our prayer, verse, and meditation for the eighth day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost focus on wisdom, "the most perfect of the gifts" of the Holy Spirit. Wisdom shows that the Christian Faith ...