PRAYER BEFORE MEDITATION (31)

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 favours, 

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.