Evangelization Retreat Novena

I invite you to lift the Evangelization Retreatants and the helpers/directors of our parish retreat in prayer by joining together to pray the following Novena.
 
We will begin today, February 23rd, and finish on March 3rd, the first day of the retreat.
 
May our whole parish be set on fire by the Holy Spirit's love!
 
Retreat Novena:
 
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.
 
O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
 
Our Father...
 
Hail Mary...
 
Glory be...
 
O glorious St. Mark, through the grace of God our Father, you became a great Evangelist, preaching the Good News of Christ. Obtain for those attending and assisting our parish Evangelization Retreat, hearts set afire by the love of the Holy Spirit. May we be true evangelists, sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ wherever we go. St. Mark, pray for us!