The Novena to the Holy Spirit is a both a beautiful prayer to the Holy Spirit and a preparation to celebrate the Solemn Feast of Pentecost. This novena includes the prayers of the Consecration to the Holy Spirit and the Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit as well as meditations and prayers to be recited for nine days between the Feast of the Ascension and Pentecost, or the nine Mondays prior to Pentecost or anytime as a devotional prayer for the help of the Holy Spirit. The Apostles themselves spent the nine days between the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Coming of the Holy Spirit in prayer in the upper room where they had celebrated the last Supper. Thus the novena to the Holy Spirit is the mother of all novenas!