Holy Spirit Prayers

[odhiambo]

Prayers for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Lord Jesus Christ,
 Who before ascending into Heaven,
 did promise to send the Holy Spirit, to finish Your work
 in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples .
 deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me,
that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love.
Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom, that I may not be attached to the perishable things of this world,
 but aspire only after the things that are eternal;
the Spirit of Understanding, to enlighten my mind  with the light of Your divine truth:
the Spirit of Counsel, that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining Heaven:
 the Spirit of Fortitude, that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation:
 the Spirit of Knowledge, that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints:
 the Spirit of Piety, that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable:
 the Spirit of Fear, that I may be filled with loving reverence towards God and may avoid anything that may displease Him.
Mark me dear Lord,  with the sign of your true disciples,  and animate me in all things with Your Spirit.
 Amen!

[George]

God of infinite wisdom,
by your gracious gift of holy wisdom,
Jesus himself,
you enlighten the church
and every living soul
with profound insight
into the mysteries of your kingdom.
Open our hearts to your Holy Spirit
who is the fire and light of our lives
we ask this through Christ our Lord
Amen

May the Holy and life giving Spirit
inhabit our hearts, now and forever
Amen

The Catholic Book of Hours

[odhiambo]

Daily Prayer to the Holy Spirit

O Holy Spirit, I humbly implore You,
 be with me always so that in all things,
 I may act under the influence of Your holy inspiration.
Amen!

[George]

O Holy Spirit, sweet guest of my soul, abide in me and grant that I may ever abide in Thee.

From the Raccolta

[odhiambo]

Come Holy Spirit-1

Come, Holy Spirit, come
Let thy bright beams arise,
Dispel the darkness from our minds,
And open all our eyes.
Revive our drooping faith,
Our doubts and fears remove,
And kindle in our breasts the flame
Of everlasting Love.
 Amen!

[odhiambo]

Prayer to The Holy Spirit
   
Come, Holy Spirit, come
Let thy bright beams arise,
Dispel the darkness from our minds,
And open all our eyes.
Revive our drooping faith,
Our doubts and fears remove,
And kindle in our breasts the flame
Of everlasting Love.
 Amen!

[George]

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 consolation. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen

[odhiambo]

Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit

O Holy Spirit;
 Divine Spirit of light and love,
I consecrate to Thee my understanding,
my heart and my will, my whole being, for time and eternity.
 May my understanding be always submissive to
Thy heavenly inspirations and the teachings of the Catholic Church,
 of which Thou art the Infallible Guide.
 May my heart be ever inflamed with love of God and of my neighbor.
 May my will be ever conformed to the Divine will,
and may my whole life be a faithful imitation of the life and virtues of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
to Whom, with the Father and Thee,
 be honor and glory forever.
Amen!

[odhiambo]

Prayer in Honor of the Holy Spirit By Henry Cardinal Manning


O GOD the Holy Spirit,
Whom I have ignored, grieved and resisted from my childhood until the present day,
 reveal to me Thy personality, Thy presence, Thy power.
Let me recognize Thy Sevenfold Gifts:
the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding,
 of Counsel and Fortitude,
of Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord.
 O Thou Who art the Spirit of the Father and the Son,
 O Thou Who dost baptize with fire and infuse Thy love into our hearts;
one thing, O Lord, have I asked of Thee,
 one thing will I seek:
 not riches, rank, power, earthly home and happiness,
 but one ray of that holy light, one spark of that holy fire
which will inflame me and plunge me into the fire of Divine Love!
 Let this sacred fire flame up in me and destroy in me every remnant of sin
 which defiles my body or soul.
 Cleanse me in a sevenfold manner with Thy Gifts.
 Transform me into a holocaust, holy and entirely pleasing to Thee.
Inflame me with zeal so that I may live the life and die the death of a repentant sinner,
 deeply penetrated by Thy Divine Love. Amen.

[odhiambo]

Prayer for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit 2

O HOLY SPIRIT, grant me the
Gift of Wisdom,
the supernatural light in which I may know God more clearly as
the Supreme Being, His omnipotence, His eternity, His goodness and His glory, and that I may taste and enjoy
with an enraptured soul the ineffable sweetness of His love.

O Holy Spirit, impart to me the
Gift of Understanding,
the clear light revealing to my mind the mysteries of
faith, the things that are above; not "darkly as in a mirror," but in a clear and convincing manner in order to
captivate my heart.

O Holy Spirit, impart to me the
Gift of Counsel,
the guiding ray of light that will enable me to choose what is
true and right whenever I am assailed by doubts or dangers and that will infallibly lead to my last aim and end.

O Holy Spirit, impart to me the
Gift of Fortitude,
the strengthening ray of light that will aid me to overcome all
temptations, all difficulties and hardships in the way of salvation with a generous soul, and to persevere in
fidelity and love in spite of all obstacles and trials.

O Holy Spirit, impart to me the
Gift of Knowledge,
that illuminating light that will not only teach me the
truth in all things pertaining to my salvation, but will make me despise what is deserving of contempt and love
what is worthy of being loved.

O Holy Spirit, impart to me the
Gift of Piety,
that heavenly light which, entering into
the depths of my being,
will not only strongly incline my heart to love Divine worship and the liturgical services of the Church, but to
practice cheerfully all that true godliness requires of me.

O Holy Spirit, impart to me the
Gift of the Fear of the Lord.
Let its Divine light penetrate my soul and fill it
with such a reverence and awe of the Divine Majesty as to make me not only dread every sin as an offense
against the great God, but also to shun carefully whatever in the least degree wounds Divine
charity.
 Amen.

[odhiambo]

O Holy Spirit
O HOLY SPIRIT, sweet Guest of my soul,
 abide in me, and grant that I may ever abide in Thee.
 Amen.

[odhiambo]

Come Holy Spirit into our hearts.
Come and fill to overflowing, the hearts of Your faithful.
Wash away what is impure.
Bathe what is dried up.
Heal what is injured.
Make pliant what is rigid.
Warm what is frozen.
Straighten what is warped.
Make us one with Jesus.
Make of us His instruments to proclaim the glory of the Father,
Amen!

[odhiambo]

O Holy Spirit, I humbly implore You,
 be with me always so that in all things,
 I may act under the influence of Your holy inspiration.
Amen!

[odhiambo]

O Holy Spirit,
Soul of my soul,
I adore You.
 Enlighten, guide, strengthen and console me.
Tell me what I ought to do and command me to do it.
 I promise to be submissive in everything that You permit to happen to me,
 only show me what is Your will.
Amen!