SERAPHIM PRAYER BOOK
NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
FIFTH DAY
Light immortal ! Light Divine!
Visit Thou these hearts
of Thine,
And our inmost being fill!
THE
GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE
The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to
evaluate created things at their true worth-in their relation to God. Knowledge
unmasks the pretense of creatures, reveals their emptiness,
and points out their only true purpose as instruments in the service of God. It
show us the loving care of God even in adversity, and
directs us to glorify Him in every circumstances of life. Guided by light, we
put things first, and prize the friendship of God beyond all else. “Knowledge
is a fountain of life to Him that possesseth it.”
Prayer
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Knowledge, and
grant that I may perceive the will of the Father; show me the nothingness of
earthly things, that I may realize their vanity and use them only for Thy glory
and my own salvation, looking ever beyond them to Thee, and Thy eternal
rewards. 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)