Meditations on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary - Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
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Descent of the Holy Spirit
A Meditation on the Third Glorious Mystery of the Rosary
True to Your promise,
You sent us the Holy Spirit, to teach and to guide us.
A burning flame, a holy desire for You that You’ve placed in our hearts, Oh Lord.
Your Holy Spirit with whom we share Your passion, and proclaim Your love.
Show us how to receive You, how to share You, oh Lord.
Give us Your words.
Strengthen us in Your purpose.
Protect our hearts,
as we join with all who love You in proclaiming Your Truth to our world.
Your Being in our being.
Your Love with our love.
Teach us how to see all the ways You offer us each day,
to serve and to share.
To perceive the people and experiences as they approach us,
join us in our experience, and move past us,
all as holy invitations for us to participate in the eternal flow of Your love.
The Pure Love, which You share with the Father,
which You long to share with us.
Bless the evangelists among us.
Help us to have ears to hear their teachings and their stories.
Teach us to speak Your Words, too, Father,
as You call others to Yourself through us.
As You do, give them ears prepared to hear
and hearts, we pray, Oh Lord, filled with longing —
a longing satisfied by naught else, save You —
as, with the flow of Your love through us,
we return to You all that is Yours.
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About the Author
Mary Adrienne is a contemplative writer, posting at www.WalkingWithMyBrother.net since 2013. More recently, she also posts at Walking With My Brother at Substack.
A Catholic convert of 20 years, she mostly shows, rather than describes, her developing relationship with Christ, offering her journal meditations on scripture and musings on how her deepening faith in Christ is calling her to conduct her life and relationships.
Some have asked why she writes and shares her stories about getting to know Christ. She tells of the story in Matthew, when just ahead of His final entry into Jerusalem, Christ tells the disciples to go into a village and find a donkey tied with a small colt and bring it to Him. He told them, if anyone asked why they were doing this to tell them, ‘because the Master needs them.’ So, too, does she believe the Master wants each of us to share our stories of Him and His walk with us.
