SERAPHIM PRAYER BOOK
NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
SECOND DAY
Come, Thou Father of
the poor!
Come, with treasures
which endure!
Come, Thou Light of all
that live!
THE
GIFT OF FEAR
The gift of Fear fills us with a
sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread nothing so much as to offend Him
by sin. It is a fear that arises, not from the thought of hell, but from sentiments
of reverence and filial submission to our heavenly Father. It is the fear that
is the beginning of wisdom detaching us from worldly pleasures that could in
any way separate us from God. “They that fear the Lord will prepare their
hearts, and in His sight will sanctify their souls.”
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Spirit of the Holy Fear,
penetrate my inmost heart, that I may set Thee, my Lord and God, before my face
forever; help me to shun all things that can offend Thee, and make me worthy to
appear before the pure eyes of Thy Divine Majesty in heaven, where Thou livest and reignest in the unity
of the ever Blessed Trinity, God world without end. 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)