To be more faithful to the constant motions and inspirations of the Holy Spirit in our soul, "we can look at three fundamental realities: docility (...), prayer life, union with the Cross".
Docility, "in the first place, because it is the Holy Spirit who, with his inspirations, gives a supernatural tone to our thoughts, desires and works. He is the one who urges us to adhere to the doctrine of Christ and to assimilate it deeply, who gives us the light to become aware of our personal vocation and the strength to carry out all that God expects "
The Paraclete acts unceasingly in our soul: we do not say a single ejaculatory prayer if it is not by a movement of the Holy Spirit,19 as St. Paul points out to us in the Second Reading of the Mass. He is present and moves us in prayer, when we read the Gospel, when we discover a new light in a piece of advice we have received, when we meditate on a truth of faith that we have perhaps considered many times before. We realize that this clarity does not depend on our will. It is not our doing but God's. It is the Holy Spirit who gently urges us to the sacrament of Penance to confess our sins, to raise our hearts to God at an unexpected moment, to do a good deed. He is the one who suggests a little mortification, or makes us find the right word that moves a person to be better.
Life of prayer, "because the Christian's dedication, obedience and meekness are born of love and are directed to love. And love leads to relationships, to conversation, to friendship. Christian life requires a constant dialogue with the Triune God, and it is to this intimacy that the Holy Spirit leads us (...). Let us get used to frequenting the Holy Spirit, who is the one who will sanctify us: to trust in him, to ask for his help, to feel him close to us. In this way our poor heart will be enlarged, we will be more eager to love God and, through Him, all creatures "
Union with the Cross, "because in the life of Christ Calvary preceded the Resurrection and Pentecost, and this same process must be reproduced in the life of every Christian (...). The Holy Spirit is the fruit of the Cross, of total surrender to God, of seeking exclusively his glory and of renouncing ourselves entirely "
We can end our prayer by making our own the petitions contained in the hymn sung in the Sequence of the Mass on this day of Pentecost: Come, Holy Spirit, and send down from heaven a ray of your light. Come, father of the poor; come, giver of graces; come, light of hearts. O best comforter, sweet guest of the soul, sweet refreshment. Rest in labor, tranquility in ardor, consolation in weeping. O most holy light, fill the inmost hearts of your faithful (...). Grant to your faithful who trust in you, your seven sacred gifts. Give them the merit of virtue, give them the harbor of salvation, give them eternal joy
In order to deal better with the Holy Spirit, nothing is more effective than to draw near to St. Mary, who knew how to second the inspirations of the Holy Spirit like no other creature. The Apostles, before the day of Pentecost, persevered unanimously in prayer with certain women and with Mary the Mother of Jesus.