Countdown to 40 Days for Life: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Let us prepare ourselves in prayer for the start of 40 Days for Life (in 9 days!), asking for the Holy Spirit to inspire and strengthen us!

Let us pray,

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Holy Spirit! Lord of Light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure beaming radiance give!

Almighty and eternal God, Who has vouchsafed to regenerate us by water and the Holy Spirit, and has given us forgiveness from all sins, vouchsafe to send forth from heaven upon us your sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge and Piety, and fill us with the Spirit of Holy Fear. Amen.

Friends, we also need help with tomorrow for "365 for Life," that's Wednesday, 09/21/11. We need 2 people for the 9:00 a.m. hour and 1 person for the 10:00 a.m. hour. Visit http://vigilforlife.org/calendar/ to sign-up online or contact Laura Karlen immediately at 608-445-2064 or laura@vigilforlife.org if you can help. Thank you in advance for helping with this day!