I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
Who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.

v. Send forth thy spirit, Lord.
r. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth. (Ps.104:30)

Come, thou Holy Spirit, come teach me…

How I am to feel
What I am to think
When I am to speak
Where I am to act
and
Why I do otherwise

Veni Creator

Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire.
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost thy sevenfold gifts* impart,

Thy blessed unction from above
is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Enable with with perpetual light,
The dullness of our blinded sight.

Anoint and cheer our soiled face
With the abundance of thy grace.
Keep far our foes, give peace at home;
Where thou art guide, no fear can come.

Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And thee, of both, to be but one;

That through the ages all along,
This may be our endless song:
Praise to thy eternal spirit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

*The sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude/courage, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.

Recollection

MY GOD, I believe that thou art necessarily present to your whole creation, present in the blessed Sacrament, and present in the baptized.

O my God, I believe that thou art here and now present unto me, and I adore thee from the depths of my own nothingness.

O Lord, Majestic Triune God…

I KNOW that being human is not just a statistical actuality into which I am born full-fledged, but that being human includes as well the constantly recurring imperative to become human. I can know and fulfill your conception of me by the grace of prayer, which is my unique relationship with the reality of your divine being.

Fill the emptiness of my humanity with your presence, and make your love the foundation of my life. In my prayer for others, let me be a channel of grace to bring your goodness to those in need.

O ETERNAL FATHER, for the sake of Jesus Christ, give me light in this prayer that I might make it to thy glory and the good of my soul, the two ends of the work of Jesus.

To this end I plead this grace, the attention of my mind, and the devotion of my will, that I may so use this time of prayer that I may come from it with new fervor of love and strength for all the needs of thy service.