We want to prepare our Lent
in imitation of Jesus,
Who was led by the Holy Spirit
into the desert of His Lent.
Lent is NOT about:
- “Self-improvement”
- Giving up vices & bad habits (we should always work on that!)
- Self-absorption
Lent IS about:
- Dropping our defenses and distractions and selfish consolations
- To open ourselves up…and offer ourselves humbly
- To the Holy Spirit to transform us–
…So that we imitate Christ in LOVING MORE both God and those persons He brings us in contact with (our “neighbors”…who often live in our own homes)!
Here’s an equation for Lent (Lent leads to the Cross, remember?):
Love = SACRIFICE = ACTION
SO:
This Lent, rather than trying to change ourselves by penances and sacrifices of our own choosing—
We want to open our hearts and minds to be led by the Spirit so that He can guide us in the ways He would like to transform us–and in ways ONLY HE can transform us!
“Transform me–so I can LOVE as God wants me to Love! To sacrifice my selfish desires to serve others!”
Join us in this Novena to the Holy Spirit. All three Gospels tell us it was the Spirit Who led Jesus into the desert for His “40 Days”!
Join us in asking that the same Holy Spirit will lead each of us to see what penances we need to adopt this Lent to shed those things that keep us from fully cooperating with God’s Grace, and that through these penances which He selects for us, He will open our hearts to change.
This particular novena is traditionally said during the nine days leading up to Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Church. It is a beautiful novena and I think you’ll find it very fitting for the days leading up to Lent–so that we are not relying on our own strength…our own judgment…our own understanding of ourselves during these “40 Days,” but are humbly surrendering ourselves to the personal love of God which He longs to give us and has promised us through the Holy Spirit.
For the nine days leading up to Ash Wednesday, we will be sharing the Novena to the Holy Spirit.
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