Wisdom and prayers of saints

Category: Holy spirit

  • Day 09: Novena to the Holy Spirit for Seven Gifts

    NINTH DAY (Saturday, Vigil of Pentecost) Thou, on those who evermore Thee confess and Thee Adore, in Thy sevenfold gift, Descend; Give Them Comfort when they die; Give them Life with Thee on high; Give them joys which never end. Amen The Fruits of the Holy Spirit: The gifts of the Holy Spirit perfect the supernatural…

  • Day 08: Novena to the Holy Spirit

    EIGHTH DAY (Friday, 7th Week of Easter) Bend the stubborn heart and will, melt the frozen warm the chill. Guide the steps that go astray! The Gift of Wisdom: Embodying all the other gifts, as charity embraces all the other virtues, Wisdom is the most perfect of the gifts. Of wisdom it is written “all good…

  • Day 07: Novena to the Holy Spirit

    SEVENTH DAY (Thursday, 7th Week of Easter) Heal our wounds–our strength renews; On our dryness pour Thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away. The Gift of Counsel: The gift of Counsel endows the soul with supernatural prudence, enabling it to judge promptly and rightly what must done, especially in difficult circumstances. Counsel applies the principles…

  • Day 06: Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

    SIXTH DAY (Wednesday, 7th Week of Easter) If Thou take Thy grace away, nothing pure in man will stay, All his good is turn’d to ill. The Gift of Understanding: Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Spirit, helps us to grasp the meaning of the truths of our holy religion. BY faith we know…

  • The Serenity prayer

    Day 05: Novena to the Seven Gifts Of The Holy Spirit

    FIFTH DAY (Tuesday, 7th Week of Easter) Light immortal! Light Divine! Visit Thou these hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill! The Gift of Knowledge: The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at their true worth–in their relation to God. Knowledge unmasks the pretense of creatures, reveals their emptiness, and points…

  • Day 04: Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

    FOURTH DAY (Monday, 7th Week of Easter) Thou in toil art comfort sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, solace in the midst of woe. The Gift of Fortitude: The Gift of Fortitude By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear and supported to the end in the performance of duty. Fortitude imparts…

  • Day 03: Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

    THIRD DAY (7th Sunday of Easter) Thou, of all consolers best, Visiting the troubled breast, Dost refreshing peace bestow. The Gift of Piety: The gift of Piety begets in our hearts a filial affection for God as our most loving Father. It inspires us to love and respect for His sake persons and things consecrated…

  • Day 02: Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

    (Saturday, 6th Week of Easter) Come. Father of the poor. Come, treasures which endure; Come, Light of all that live! The Gift of Fear The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread nothing so much as to offend Him by sin. It is a fear that arises,…

  • DAY 01: Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

    FIRST DAY (Friday, 6th Week of Easter) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Holy Spirit! Lord of Light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure beaming radiance give! Meditation – Holy Spirit: Only one thing is important — eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore, is…

  • Discernment of spirits through purification of intellect by Holy Spirit – St. Diadochos of Photiki

    ‘Only the Holy Spirit can purify the intellect, for unless a greater power comes and overthrows the despoiler, what he has taken captive will never be set free (cf. Luke 11:21-22). In every way, therefore, and especially through peace of soul, we must make ourselves a dwelling-place for the Holy Spirit. Then we shall have…

  • Pentecost Novena – Day 9

    Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the…

  • Pentecost Novena – Day 8

    Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the…

  • Pentecost Novena – Day 7

    Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the…

  • Pentecost Novena – Day 5

    Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the…

  • Pentecost Novena – Day 4

    Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts…

  • Pentecost Novena – Day 3

    Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the…

  • Prayer to the Holy Trinity

    I venerate and glorify You, O most Blessed Trinity, in union with that ineffable glory with which God the Father, in His omnipotence, honours the Holy Spirit forever. I magnify and bless You, O most Blessed Trinity, in union with that most reverent glory with which God the Son, in His unsearchable wisdom, glorifies the…

  • Pentecost Novena – Day 2

    Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the…

  • Pentecost Novena – Day 1

    Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the…

  • Prayer to God the Holy Ghost

    O Holy Spirit, omnipotent Lord and merciful God, coequal, coeternal, and of the same substance with the Father and the Son, who proceedest in an ineffable manner from them, who didst come down on our Lord Jesus under the form of a dove, and in the holy Apostles in tongues of fire; thee I praise,…

  • Prayer for the help of the Holy Spirit by St Anthony of Padua

    O God, send forth your Holy Spirit into my heart that I may perceive, into my mind that I may remember, and into my soul that I may meditate. Inspire me to speak with piety, holiness, tenderness and mercy. Teach, guide and direct my thoughts and senses from beginning to end. May your grace ever…

  • Prayer to be conformed to the Divine Will

    Most holy Trinity, Godhead indivisible, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Our first beginning and our last end, You have made us In accord with your own image and likeness. Grant that all the thoughts of our minds, All the words of our tongues, All the affections of our hearts, And all the actions of our…

  • Divine Mercy Prayer

    Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion – inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. Amen.

  • Prayer for the Indwelling of the Spirit by St. Augustine of Hippo

    Holy Spirit, powerful Consoler, sacred Bond of the Father and the Son, Hope of the afflicted, descend into my heart and establish in it your loving dominion. Enkindle in my tepid soul the fire of your Love so that I may be wholly subject to you. We believe that when you dwell in us, you…

  • LITANY OF THE LOVE OF GOD (Composed by His Holiness Pope Pius VI)

    Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, have…

  • Prayer for Enlightenment

    O Holy Ghost, divine Spirit of light and love, I consecrate to Thee my understanding, my heart and my will, my whole being for time and for eternity. May my understanding be always obedient to Thy heavenly inspirations and the teachings of the holy Catholic Church, of which Thou art the infallible Guide; may my…

  • Litany of the Holy Ghost

    Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Father all powerful, have mercy on us Jesus, Eternal Son of the Father, Redeemer of the world, save us. Spirit of the Father and the Son, boundless life of both, sanctify us. Holy Trinity, hear us Holy Ghost, Who proceedest…

  • 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…

  • A TRINITARIAN PRAYER OF PRAISE TO MARY by SAINT JOSEPH CALASANCTIUS (A.D. 1557-1648)

    Let us offer praise and thanksgiving to the most Holy trinity who has shown us the Virgin Mary, clothed with the sun, the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a mystic crown of twelve stars. Let us praise and thank the Divine Father who elected her for his daughter. “Our Father…” Praised be…

  • The Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

    O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to send the Holy Ghost to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me, that He may perfect in my soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love. Grant me the…