You're listening to the 10-day devotion to the Holy Spirit on the St. Jose Maria Institute podcast.

The prayers and reflections for this devotion are taken from the Handbook of Prayers,

published by Midwest Theological Forum.

This long-standing custom of the church in preparation for Pentecost is an opportunity to ask the Holy Spirit

to strengthen our hearts and make firm resolutions for our interior lives.

In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Come, Holy Spirit, enlighten my understanding in order that I may know your commands.

Strengthen my heart against the snares of the enemy, and kindle my will.

I have heard your voice and I do not want to harden my heart and resist saying,

Later, tomorrow.

Right now, lest there be no tomorrow for me.

O spirit of truth and wisdom, spirit of understanding and of counsel, spirit of joy and of peace,

I want what you want, because you want it, as you want it, when you want it.

Day four, from the homily, the great, by St. Jose Maria Iscriva.

The arm of the Lord has not been shortened.

God is no less powerful today than he was in other times. His love for us is no less true.

Our faith teaches us that all creation, the movement of the earth and the other heavenly bodies,

the good actions of creatures, and all the good that has been achieved in history, in short, everything,

comes from God and is directed towards him.

The action of the Holy Spirit can pass unnoticed, because God does not reveal to us his plans,

because man's sin clouds over the divine gifts. But faith reminds us that God is always acting. He has created us and maintains us in

existence, and he leads all creation by his grace toward the glorious freedom of the children of God.

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