In this first of all novenas, we will pray each day for the Holy Spirit's fruits and gifts.
The Church's tradition of novenas -- nine days of prayer -- is rooted in the nine days the Apostles and Mary spent in the Upper Room between the Ascension of Christ into Heaven, and his gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
During this novena, we will spiritually place ourselves in the Upper Room, asking each day for one of Fruits of the Spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit.
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