Holy Spirit Novena, day 4 – we pray for the gift of fortitude. This Novena was the very first novena said as the apostles waited for the promise of the Father after Jesus ascended to heaven. Traditionally, The Holy Spirit Novena for the Seven Gifts is prayed leading up to Pentecost to celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the Apostles.
The Gift of Fortitude By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear, and supported to the end in the performance of duty. Fortitude imparts to the will an impulse and energy which move it to under take without hesitancy the most arduous tasks, to face dangers, to trample under foot human respect, and to endure without complaint the slow martyrdom of even lifelong tribulation. ‘He that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.’
