Extracts from the Dux Spiritualis by the Venerable Louis
de Ponte SJ
Chapter 2 Section 6.3 – Of the necessity of prayer - Seven (7) Gifts of the Holy Ghost
Divine Spirit, who hast bestowed upon us thy sevenfold
(7) gifts, that we may know how to speak to Thee and how to offer Thee these seven
(7) petitions [viz. of the Our Father] grant me:
The gift
of wisdom, that I may sanctify Thy name;
The gift of understanding,
by which I may penetrate the secrets of Thy Kingdom;
The gift of counsel by which
I may rightly see how to do Thy will as it is done in heaven;
The gift of knowledge, that
I may know how to seek daily bread for my spirit;
The gift of piety, which
will incline and move me to forgive my debtors as Thou dost forgive my sins;
The gift of fortitude, lest
I succumb to temptation;
And, lastly, the gift of
holy fear that I may fly ever evil.
Give me a high esteem of prayer by which I may obtain all
these blessings from Thy infinite liberality, to the glory of Thy most holy
name now and in eternity.
Amen.
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