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