EIGHTH DAY
WISDOM
Bend
the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray!
The Gift of Wisdom
Embodying all the other gifts, as
charity embraces all the other virtues, Wisdom is the most perfect of the
gifts. Of Wisdom it is written “all good things come to me with her, and
innumerable riches through her hands.” It is the gift of Wisdom that strengthens
our faith, fortifies hope, perfects charity, and promotes the practice of
virtue in the highest degree. Wisdom enlightens the mind to discern and relish
things divine, in the appreciation of which earthly joys lose their savor,
whilst the Cross of Christ yields a divine sweetness according to the words of
the Savior: “Take up thy cross and follow me, for my yoke is sweet and my
burden light.”
PRAYER
Come, O Spirit of Wisdom, and reveal
to my soul the mysteries of heavenly things, their exceeding greatness, power
and beauty. Teach me to love them above and beyond all the passing joys and
satisfactions of earth. Help me to attain them and possess them for ever. Amen.
OUR FATHER
Our Father, Who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in
Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.
HAIL MARY
Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is
with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy
womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and in the hour
of our death. Amen.
GLORY BE (7x)
Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
be, world without end. Amen.
ACT OF CONSECRATION
On my knees before the great
multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal
Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of
Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my
soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by
unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the
smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may
always watch for Your light, and listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious
inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You, by Your
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 You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of
my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give
me grace, O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always
and everywhere, “Speak Lord for Your servant heareth.”
PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN
GIFTS
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.
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