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 ...

Catholics pray this novena during the nine days that fall between the Solemnity of the Ascension and the Solemnity of Pentecost. The novena asks for the Holy Spirit’s seven gifts: wisdom ...

Next week, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. Here's what you need to k ...

Amen. Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Day 2 Join in praying the Divine Mercy Novena In the name of the Father, and of the ...

The Holy Spirit is as accessible to us as the Father and the Son and Christians should readily turn to him in prayer and supplication. There are many ways in which we can call upon the Holy Spirit.

A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the Holy Spirit fits in.

I pray a quick prayer to the Holy Spirit to guide my words. After that, I trust that things will go well. And they almost always do. Despite having delivered dozens of talks over the past few ...

But to recognize the Spirit in our lives requires practice. Why not begin today? If you have time for one prayer today, make it this bold and dangerous one: What is the Holy Spirit saying to me today?

Catholics pray this novena during the nine days that fall between the feast of the Ascension and the feast of Pentecost. The novena asks for the Holy Spirit’s seven gifts: wisdom, understanding ...