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HOMAGE OF ADORATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
 "Rosary of the Paraclete"

It is regretful to acknowledge that the Holy Spirit has little or no place in the spiritual life of most Catholics. This is, without any doubt, a great drawback in our life. Let us reform our conduct: it is never too late! This is something very simple we can do to change this condition to honor God, the Holy Spirit (of Love) and draw upon ourselves His manifold gifts and graces.  Let us endeavor to acquire, as something truly important, a real doctrinal and solid devotion for the recitation of the "Rosary of the Paraclete."
(Received from the Sisters of the Holy Spirit in Pittsburgh, PA, a community from Poland.)

Take your normal 5 decade rosary beads and begin with the Creed.  After the Apostles' Creed, very slowly and piously, say the Glory be to the Father, etc.  Then say the "Our Father."  Now, very fervently say this beautiful invocation:
"Father, please increase Your Holy Spirit dwelling in me since my Baptism; I ask in Jesus' Name. Amen."

Now on each Hail Mary bead say with a burning heart of love of God:
"Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in us the fire of Your love.!"

After the decade recite:
Send forth Your Spirit and we shall be recreated; and You will renew the face of the earth."

Let us pray: O God, Who did instruct the hearts of Your faithful by the Light of Your Holy Spirit; grant that by the same Spirit we may be truly Wise and ever rejoice in His consolation. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then recite the 2nd decade as above. Etc... After the 5th, recite the "Hail Holy Queen" in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary who presided in the Cenacle (Upper Room) on Pentecost Sunday and who encourages us to be obedient to the instructions of her Spouse, God, the Holy Spirit.

Those who wish may consider these 5 Glorious Mysteries concerning Five Wonderful Operations of the Holy Spirit while reciting the beads of the Holy Spirit.
1st Mystery
: Let us honor the Holy Spirit and adore Him, the Substantial Love which proceeds from the Father and the Son, uniting Them in an eternal and infinite love.
2nd Mystery
: Let us honor the Holy Spirit and adore Him in the Immaculate Conception of Mary, sanctifying her from the very first instant with a plenitude of grace.
3rd Mystery
: Let us honor the Holy Spirit and adore Him in His operation in the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Incarnation of the Word, the Son of God, by His Divine Nature and the Son of Mary in His humanity.
4th Mystery
: Let us honor the action of the Holy Spirit and adore Him in His coming to our Holy Mother, the Church on the glorious day of Pentecost in the Cenacle.
5th Mystery
: Let us honor the action of the Holy Spirit and adore Him abiding forever in the Church and faithfully assisting her, according to His Divine promise, till the end of the world.

Practices:
Recite this Rosary of the Holy Spirit:
a) often, even daily,
b) especially on Sundays and as part of the Novena  for Pentecost,
c) when some important decision must be made, d) at certain grave moments and when special spiritual help is needed, and
d) on recollection days and retreats.
This wonderful and simple "Rosary" must become very familiar to everyone and one of our great Catholic devotions. We must have enlightened spirituality. The Blessed Virgin, Queen of Doctors and of the Cenacle, will bless you. You will thus win her Heart "Full of grace," for she is the Masterpiece of the Holy Spirit's operation. 
In your devotions, you should always keep in mind the essential. The first of all devotions must be to the Blessed Trinity, and therefore, also to the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity.

-- Fr. Mateo, SS.CC. ++ Imprimatur + Carolus Hubertus LeBloud, Episcopus Sancti Josephi, Enthronment of the Sacred Heart in the Hmoe National Center, Washington, D.C.