Wednesday in the Seventh Week of Easter

We pray through the seventh week of Easter with a Morning Offering and a reading from Vatican II that shows how the Holy Spirit sanctifies the Church and dwells in the hearts of the faithful. We reflect on unity, charisms, the sensus fidei, and Christ’s promise of living water for anyone who is thirsty. 
• opening prayers and the Trinitarian invocation 
• Morning Offering through the Immaculate Heart of Mary 
• Lumen Gentium on the Spirit sanctifying the Church unceasingly 
• the Spirit as fountain of life and witness of adoption 
• unity in truth, communion, and service through the Spirit 
• sensus fidei of the people of God under the teaching office 
• charisms given for a good purpose and received with gratitude 
• Jesus’ promise of living water as a sign of the Spirit 
• closing prayer for devotion and purity of intent 
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Transcript

Opening Prayer And Invocation

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Wednesday in the seventh week of Easter. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Morning Offering Through Mary

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O my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the remission of my sins, for the intentions of my family and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen.

Vatican II On The Spirit

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From the dogmatic constitution on the Church of the Second Vatican Council. When the Son completed the work with which the Father had entrusted him on earth, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost to sanctify the Church unceasingly and thus enable believers to have access to the Father through Christ in the one Spirit. He is the Spirit of life, the fountain of water welling up to give eternal life. Through him the Father gives life to men, dead because of sin, until he raises up their mortal bodies in Christ. The Spirit dwells in the church and in the hearts of the faithful as in a temple. He prays in them and bears witness in them to their adoption as sons. He leads the church into all truths and gives it unity in communion and in service. He endows it with different hierarchical and charismatic gifts, directs it by their means, and enriches it with his fruits. By the power of the gospel, he enables the church to grow young, perpetually renews it, and leads it to complete union with its bridegroom. For the Spirit and the Bride say to the Lord Jesus, come. In this way, the Church reveals itself as a people whose unity has its source in the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The whole company of the faithful who have an anointing by the Holy Spirit cannot err in faith. They manifest this distinctive characteristic of theirs in the supernatural instinct of faith, the census fidei, of the whole people, when, from the bishops to the most ordinary layperson among the faithful, they display a universal agreement on matters of faith and morals. This instinct of faith is awakened and kept in being by the Spirit of truth. Through it, the people of God hold indefectibly to the faith once delivered to the saints, penetrate it more deeply by means of bright judgment, and apply it more perfectly in their lives. They do all this under the guidance of the sacred teaching office. By faithful obedience to it, they receive not the word of men, but in truth the word of God.

Gifts, Charisms, And Sensus Fidei

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Moreover, the Holy Spirit not only sanctifies and guides God's people by the sacraments and the ministries, and enriches it with virtues. He also distributes special graces among the faithful of every state of life, assigning his gifts to each as he chooses. By means of these special gifts, he equips them and makes them eager for various activities and responsibilities that benefit the church in its renewal or its increase. In accordance with the text, to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for a good purpose. These charisms, the simpler and more widespread, as well as the most outstanding, should be accepted with a sense of gratitude and consolation, since in a very special way they answer and serve the needs of the Church.

Streams Of Living Water

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On the last day of the festival, Jesus cried out, Streams of living water will flow from the hearts of all who believe in me. He was speaking of the Spirit, whom all believers would receive. Alleluia. If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Streams of living water will flow from his heart. He was speaking of the Spirit, whom all believers would receive. Alleluia.

Closing Prayer And Devotions

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Graciously grant to your church, O merciful God, that, gathered by the Holy Spirit, she may be devoted to you with all her heart and united in purity of intent, through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen. Let us praise the Lord and give him thanks. All that I have and all that I am, I give to your hands, Jesus, through the heart of Mary, your blessed mother. Amen. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Invitation To Join Cristeros

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If you found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful and liked more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Cristeros and purchasing our publications now available on Amazon.com. The Cristeros app is available on the Apple app and Google Play Store. More information on the Cristeros can be found at eCristeros.org.