Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Today is a very special day in my Faith journey. I have been temporarily professed as a Lay Dominican during the Eucharistic celebration earlier presided by Rev. Fr. Roland Mactal, O.P., the spiritual director of the Our Lady of La Naval Lay Dominican Fraternity.

As there are no coincidences in the designs of Providence, I was overwhelmed by an unspeakable joy that of all days, our simple yet solemn vestition ceremony fell on the Solemnity of the Pentecost.

Fr. Roland only uttered one word to me after the Mass: "Persevere." And so I call upon the Holy Spirit, to aid and strengthen me.

Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

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

Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal,

the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth,

the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven,

the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation,

the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself, and grow perfect in the Science of the Saints,

the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable,

and the Spirit of Fear (of the Lord) that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God, and may dread in any way to displease Him.

Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all things with Your Holy Spirit. Amen.