Welcome to our Rosary meditation. We are in our fifth day of prayer

preparing for the Feast of Pentecost and reflecting each day on one of the

gifts of the Holy Spirit and the beatitude to which that gift

corresponds.

So let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

Many people have emailed in prayer requests

and we include all of those in our Rosary today.

Today we reflect on the gift of counsel,

which shows us in particular

the best choice to make to achieve our goals.

It shows us what to do and what to avoid, what to say and when to remain silent,

what to undertake and what to abandon.

This gift helps us avoid rash decisions.

It prevents us from being paralyzed when we don't know what decision to make and it helps us

follow through and bring things to completion once we have made a choice.

We need to ask the Holy Spirit often for the gift of counsel so that we can be better at the art of heaven, hallow would be your name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth

as it is in heaven.

Give us a day and our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us now to temptation that deliver us from you

and amen. They all Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee

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