Profiles Index

Ninth Day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are supernatural graces. As we cooperate with those graces by performing acts of virtue, we grow in the fruit of the Holy Spirit, which reinforces our desire to do good.

Eighth Day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost
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 our Faith involves the head as much as the heart, reason as much as the will.

Seventh Day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost
"Counsel," our meditation for today tells us, "is supernatural common sense." With this gift of the Holy Spirit, we can translate our Faith into action in everything that we do.

Sixth Day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost
On the sixth day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost, our prayer, verse, and meditation focus on the gift of understanding, which helps us to grasp the meaning of the revealed truths of Christianity and to live our lives in accordance with those truths.

Fifth Day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost
On the fifth day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost, we ask for the gift of knowledge, so that we may truly understand that the world is ordered toward God and may be able to perceive His will for us.

Fourth Day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost
"Courage" is often used as another name for fortitude, but, as we can see in the verse, prayer, and meditation for the fourth day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost, fortitude is more than courage: It is also the strength to do what is necessary to live a holy life.

Third Day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost
Piety, the gift of the Holy Spirit for which we pray on this third day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost, is submission to all rightful authority (including respect for our ancestors) that flows from love of God.

First Day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost
This prayer, verse, and meditation for the first day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost reminds us that we need the grace of the Holy Spirit in our souls to live our lives as Christians

Second Day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost
For the second day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost, the prayer, verse, and meditation remind us that the fear of the Lord, one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, is the beginning of wisdom.

Novena to the Holy Ghost
The Novena to the Holy Ghost, asking the Holy Spirit to send us His gifts, recalls the original novena made by the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost Sunday. While most often recited during that period, it can be prayed at any time of the year.

Divine Mercy Devotions
Devotions to the Divine Mercy are most often practiced between Good Friday and Divine Mercy Sunday, but they can be prayed at any time of the year. Find out about the origins of Divine Mercy Sunday and the devotions that the Roman Catholic Church encourages the faithful to practice in honor of the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ.

Weekly Prayers for the Faithful Departed
The Church offers us different prayers that we can say each day of the week for the faithful departed. These are especially useful for offering a novena on behalf of the dead, or for praying during those seasons of the year (November, in the Western Church; Lent, in the Eastern Church) designated by the Church as times of fervent prayer for the dead.