SERAPHIM PRAYER BOOK
NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
THIRD DAY
Thou of all consolers best,
Visiting the troubled
breast;
Dost
refreshing peace bestow.
THE
GIFT OF PIETY
The gift of Piety begets in our hearts a
filial affection for God as our most loving Father. It inspires us to love and
respect for His sake persons and things consecrated to Him, as well as those
who are vested with His authority, His Blessed Mother and the Saints, the
Church and its visible Head, our parent and superiors, our country and its
rulers. He who is filled with the gift of Piety finds the practice of his
religion, not a burdensome duty, but a delightful service. Where there is love,
there is no labor.
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Spirit of the Holy Piety,
possess my heart. Enkindle therein such a love for God, that
I may find satisfaction only in His service, and for His sake lovingly submit
to all legitimate authority. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary
ONCE.
Glory be to the
Father SEVEN TIMES.
Act of Consecration, Prayer
for the Seven Gifts.
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
On
my knees | before the great multitude of heavenly witness | I offer myself,
soul and body | to Thee, Eternal Spirit of God. | I adore the brightness of Thy
purity | the unerring keenness of Thy justice | and the might of Thy love. |
Thou art the strength | and Light of my soul. | In Thee I live and move and am.
| I desire never to grieve Thee | by unfaithfulness to grace | and I pray with
my heart | to be kept from the smallest sin against Thee. |Mercifully guard my
every thought | and grant that I may always watch for Thy light | and listen to
Thy voice | and follow Thy gracious inspirations. | I cling to Thee | and give
myself to Thee | and ask Thee | by Thy compassion | to watch over me in my
weakness | Holding the pierced feet of Jesus | and looking at His Five Wounds |
and trusting in His Precious Blood | and adoring his opened Side and stricken Heart
| I implore Thee | Adorable Spirit | Helper of my infirmity, | so to keep me in
Thy grace | that I may never sin against Thee. | Give me grace | O Holy Spirit
| Spirit of the Father and the Son | to say to Thee always and everywhere |
“Speak Lord |for Thy servant heareth.” Amen.
(To be recited daily during the
Novena)
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
O Lord, Jesus Christ | Who,
before ascending into heaven | didst promise to send the Holy Spirit | to finish
Thy work | in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples | deign to grant the same
Holy Spirit to me | that He may perfect in my soul | to the work of Thy grace
and Thy 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 Thy 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 Thee | 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 | the
Spirit of Fear | 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
Thy true disciples | and animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.
(To be recited daily during the
Novena)