Pentecost Novena 2016 | Day 1

The Pentecost novena is the original novena. After Christ's ascension into heaven, the disciples prayed for nine days for the Spirit to descend. On the tenth day, Pentecost Sunday, they received the Holy Spirit as promised by our Lord.

According to Father Michael Woolley, this period of prayer is a "little advent":

The Disciples of Jesus waited those 9 days for the Holy Spirit with the