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 bestow on me.
O Giver of all supernatural gifts,
who filled the soul of the
Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of God, with such immense favors,
I beg You
to visit me with Your grace
and Your love and to grant me the gift of holy
fear,
so that it may act on me as a check to prevent me
from falling
back into my past sins,
for which I beg pardon.
Grant me the gift of piety,
so that I 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 me the gift of knowledge,
so that I may know the things of
God and,
enlightened by Your holy teaching, may walk,
without deviation,
in the path of eternal salvation.
Grant me the gift of fortitude,
so that I may overcome
courageously all the assaults of the devil,
and all the dangers of this
world which threaten the salvation of my soul.
Grant me the gift of counsel,
so that I may choose what is more
conducive to my spiritual advancement
and may discover the wiles and snares
of the tempter.
Grant
me the gift of understanding,
so that I may apprehend the divine mysteries
and by contemplation of heavenly things detach my thoughts
and affections
from the vain things of this miserable world.
Grant me the gift of wisdom,
so that I may rightly direct all my
actions,
referring them to God as my last end;
so that, having loved Him
and served Him in this life,
I may have the happiness of possessing Him
eternally in the next.
Amen.
Alfred Basumatary