Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy.
Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy. Amen.
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 of the faithful, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray. O Holy Spirit, divine Spirit of light and love, I consecrate to you my understanding, my heart, my will, my whole being for time and for eternity. May my understanding always be submissive to your heavenly inspirations and to the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church, of which you are the infallible Guide; may my heart ever be inflamed with love of God and of my neighbor; may my will always conform to the divine will, and may my whole life be a faithful imitation of the life and virtues of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom be honor and glory forever. Amen.
In both the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed, we profess “I believe in the Holy Spirit.”
“To believe in the Holy Spirit is to profess that the Holy Spirit is one of the persons of the Holy Trinity, consubstantial with the Father and the Son: ‘with the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified…’ (Nicene Creed)” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 685).
“The Holy Spirit dwells in the Church as the source of its life and sanctifies souls through the gift of grace,” the Baltimore Catechism tells us.
The Catechism calls “Come, Holy Spirit” “the simplest and most direct prayer” to the Holy Spirit, and notes that every liturgical tradition has developed it in antiphons and hymns (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2671). The second prayer above begins with these words. Its verse and response, “Send forth your Spirit…,” are drawn from Psalm 104:30.
Catholics ask the Holy Spirit for light before Mass, study, work and important decisions, and when preparing for Confirmation. After the Ascension, the Apostles and Mary the Mother of Jesus prayed together in the Upper Room until the Spirit came at Pentecost (Acts 1:14; 2:1–4). That waiting in prayer is the root of the Novena to the Holy Spirit. For a decision, see also the Prayer for Wisdom and Guidance.
“The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1831). St. Augustine’s prayer above asks the Spirit to make our thoughts, work and love holy. The Consecration offers Him our understanding, heart and will.
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