Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into

heaven, did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish

Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples,

deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may

perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your

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 Your 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 You

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, and 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

Your true disciples and animate me in all things with

Your Spirit. Amen.

~An Old Church Prayer