In 2008, it’s also Ascension Thursday, a day that kicks off the original novena ... the Holy Spirit “makes the Word visible in the humility of his flesh.” Day 8: No. 725 — The Holy ...

The first novena ever prayed is the Pentecost Novena, or the Novena to the Holy Spirit. This year, it begins on Friday, May 19, and concludes on Saturday, May 27. Catholics worldwide often recite ...

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 ...

Editor's note: NCR is sharing with our readers a nine-day Novena for Pentecost resource ... we all could use the light and wisdom of the Holy Spirit, it's now. While we wait till we can be ...