A Prayer
for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit,
Divine Consoler,
I adore You as my true God,
with God the Father and God the Son.
I adore You and unite myself to the
adoration
You receive from the angels and saints.
I give You my heart
and I offer my ardent thanksgiving
for all the grace which You never cease
to bestow on me.
O Giver of all supernatural gifts,
who filled the soul of the Blessed
Virgin Mary,
Mother of God, with such immense favors,
I beg You to visit me with Your grace
and Your love and to grant me the gift
of holy fear,
so that it may act on me as a check to
prevent me
from falling back into my past sins,
for which I beg pardon.
Grant me the gift of piety,
so that I may serve You for the future
with increased fervor,
follow with more promptness Your holy
inspirations,
and observe your divine precepts with
greater
fidelity.
Grant me the gift of knowledge,
so that I may know the things of God
and,
enlightened by Your holy teaching, may
walk,
without deviation, in the path of
eternal
salvation.
Grant me the gift of fortitude,
so that I may overcome courageously all
the assaults of the devil,
and all the dangers of this world which
threaten the salvation of my soul.
Grant me the gift of counsel,
so that I may choose what is more
conducive to my
spiritual advancement
and may discover the wiles and snares of
the tempter.
Grant me the gift of understanding,
so that I may apprehend the divine
mysteries
and by contemplation of heavenly things
detach my thoughts
and affections from the vain things of
this miserable
world.
Grant me the gift of wisdom,
so that I may rightly direct all my
actions,
referring them to God as my last end;
so that, having loved Him and served Him
in this life,
I may have the happiness of possessing
Him eternally in the next.
Amen. |