THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

BLESSED SPIRIT OF WISDOM:
Help us to seek God. Make him the centre of our lives and order our lives to him, so that love and harmony may reign in our souls. Amen

BLESSED SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING:
Enlighten our minds, that we may know and love the truths of faith and make them truly our own. Amen

BLESSED SPIRIT OF COUNSEL:
Enlighten and guide us in all our ways, that we may always know and do your Holy will. Make us prudent and courageous. Amen

BLESSED SPIRIT OF FORTITUDE:
Uphold our souls in every time of trouble or adversity. Make us loyal and confident. Amen

BLESSED SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE:
Help us to know good from evil. Teach us to do what is right in the sight of God. Give us clear vision and firmness in decision. Amen

BLESSED SPIRIT OF PIETY:
Possess our hearts, incline them to a true faith in you, to a holy love of you, our God, that with our whole souls we may seek you, who is our Father, and find you, our best, our truest joy. Amen

BLESSED SPIRIT OF HOLY FEAR:
Penetrate our inmost hearts that we may ever be mindful of your presence. Make us fly from sin, and give us intense reverence for God and for our fellow men who are made in God's image. Amen

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GRANT, WE BEG YOU, ALMIGHTY GOD, THAT WE MAY SO PLEASE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT BY OUR EARNEST PRAYERS, THAT WE MAY, BY HIS GRACE, BE FREED FROM ALL TEMPTATIONS AND MERIT TO RECEIVE THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS, TROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN and AMEN