Today, 50 days after Easter, is Pentecost, the conclusion and culmination of the Easter season!
“The first gift of love is love itself, and all other gifts emanate from this supreme gift, as from their source. Therefore, the Gift of the love of God is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not give Himself to us without pouring charity into our heart.” -Servant of God Luis Maria Martinez.
A prayer to the Holy Spirit, by St. Mariam Baouardy (St. Mary of Jesus Crucified), from today’s Magnificat reflection:
“It is You [the Holy Spirit] who made us know Jesus. The apostles spent a long time with Him without ever comprehending Him; but the fire You send down on them made them understand Him. You will also make me understand Him. Come, my consolation; come, my joy; come, my peace, my strength, my light. Come, give me the light to find the spring where I can quench my thirst. One ray of Your light is enough to show me Jesus as He is. I ask You for no other learning, nor any other wisdom than the knowledge of how to find Jesus and the wisdom of remaining with Him… Source of peace and light, come and enlighten me. I am hungry, come and feed me; I am thirsty, come and quench my thirst; I am blind, come and enlighten me; I am poor, come and enrich me; I am ignorant, come and instruct me. Holy Spirit, I abandon myself to You.”