This is a prayer Pope John Paul II prayed every day. He began praying it when he was eleven years old,

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This is a prayer John Paul II prayed every day – it became a habit when he was 11 years old

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COME, Holy Spirit, Creator blest,
and in our souls take up Thy rest;
come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
O comforter, to Thee we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O fount of life and fire of love,
and sweet anointing from above.
Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known;
Thou, finger of God’s hand we own;
Thou, promise of the Father, Thou
Who dost the tongue with power imbue.
Kindle our sense from above,
and make our hearts o’erflow with love;
with patience firm and virtue high
the weakness of our flesh supply.
Far from us drive the foe we dread,
and grant us Thy peace instead;
so shall we not, with Thee for guide,
turn from the path of life aside.
Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow
the Father and the Son to know;
and Thee, through endless times confessed,
of both the eternal Spirit blest.
Amen. Now to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
with Thou, O Holy Comforter,
henceforth by all in earth and heaven.
Amen.

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That’s a good prayer. It’s a popular English translation of the very old “Veni Creator Spiritus”.
Most commonly used to sing the hymn “Come Holy Ghost”.

I prefer the Latin version or the literal English translation from Latin.

I will post the literal English translation I use here, as it’s rather hard to find.
Veni Creator Spiritus

Come, creator Spirit, visit the souls of your people;
fill with grace from above the hearts that you have created.

You who are called advocate,
gift of the most high God,
the living fountain, fire, love and balm of the spirit,
You bestow sevenfold gifts;
You, the finger of God’s right hand, You, the duly promised of the Father, providing tongues with speech,
kindle a light in (our) minds,
pour love into (our) hearts, strengthening the weaknesses of our bodies with perpetual vigor.

Drive the enemy far away,
and give peace forthwith,
so that with You leading the way as our guide,
we may avoid all things harmful.

Grant that through you, we may know the Father,
and also come to know the Son,
and may we ever believe in You, the Spirit of both.

Amen.
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An intereting fact I learned about this prayer: there are reportedly more than 50 different English translations of it since the Reformation.
 
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