Happy Birthday … to my openness to the Holy Spirit.

O God,
who by the mystery of today’s great feast,
sanctify your whole Church in every people and Nation,
pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit across the face of the earth,
and with the divine grace that was at work when the Gospel was first proclaimed,
fill now once more the hearts of believers.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen

This is a prayer taken from the Liturgy of the Hours, Morning Prayer for Pentecost Sunday.

I am sure most of us would like to see this happen in the world,

We would all like to see in our newsfeeds, on the TV news and Facebook blow up with visuals of the Gospel being proclaimed and the gifts of the Holy Spirit in full display for all the world to see.

I believe the first step is that each of us need to be open and ask for this for yourself.

Too many of us, at times wish to see others, the world and even the Church change, while we are ready to keep of feet firmly planted.

Today this Pentecost, maybe it’s time to focus on ourselves, maybe a Birthday wish that we pray this prayer for ourselves, ask the Holy Spirit to work in us.

The prayer is simple…

“Lord, I don’t totally understand, but I want what you want for me. Come Holy Spirit, you are welcome here.”