Mark me, dear Lord with the sign of Your true disciples and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. In the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples. The work of Your grace and Your love. 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 Your true disciples and Animate me in all things with Your Spirit.
Sin is the result of ignorance, weakness, and indifference.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of Love. With His sevenfold gifts He enlightens the mind, strengthens the will, and inflames the heart with love of God. We know not what we should pray for as we ought. But the Spirit Himself asks for us. Prayer Almighty and eternal God, Who has vouchsafed to regenerate us by water and the Holy Spirit, and has given us forgiveness of all sins, vouchsafe to send forth from heaven upon us Your sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge and Piety, and fill us with the Spirit of Holy Fear.