| 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 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.
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