On the occasion of the solemnity of Pentecost, which this year will be held on Sunday, June 8, we share 3 prayers written by acquaintances Santos to ask for the guide of the paraclite.
1. St. Augustine
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The great doctor of the San Agustín Church (354-430) for many years was dedicated to writing a treatise on the Trinity. According to the web corazones.orgadministered by the Servants of the Hearts transferred from Jesus and Mary, he composed a brief prayer in which he asks the Parraclito to help him live holy.
“Holy Spirit, inspire us, so that we think holy.
Holy Spirit, inception, so that we obtain holy.
Holy Spirit, attain us, to love holy things.
Holy Spirit, strengthen us, so that we defend the holy things.
Holy Spirit, help us, so that we never lose holy things. ”
2. Santa María de Jesús Crucified
The Santa Carmelita María de Jesús Crucified (1846-1878), who was born in Abellin near Nazareth (Holy Land), was a great devotee of the Holy Spirit. According to them Barefoot Carmelitas in Haifa (Israel), “She filed a request in relation to the cult of the Holy Spirit to her holiness Pope Pius IX” and wrote a prayer in which she also mentions the Virgin.
“Holy Spirit, inspire me,
God’s love, consume me.
Along the true path, guide me.
Maria, my mother, look at me.
With Jesus, bless me.
Of all evil, of all illusion,
Of all danger, pretend me. “
3. San Josemaría Escrivá
He Opus day It indicates that the Spanish saint wrote a prayer to the Holy Spirit in April 1934. In the text, St. Josemaría (1902-1975) asks the third person of the Blessed Trinity to illuminate his understanding, his heart and his will.
“Come, oh Holy Spirit!: Illuminate my understanding, to know your mandates: strengthens my heart against the insidies of the enemy: inflame my will … I have heard your voice, and I do not want to harden and resist, saying: Then …, tomorrow. Nunc coepi! Now!, It is not going to be that tomorrow I lack.
Oh spirit of truth and wisdom, spirit of understanding and advice, spirit of joy and peace!: I want what you want, I want because you want, I want how you want, I want whenever you want … “.
Abel Camasca
Journalist graduated from the Communication Sciences career at the University of Lima. Part of the ACI Press newspaper since 2014. Between 2016 and 2022 I was in charge of the production of the Ewtn News and more than news program, World Catholic Radio Program. I usually write articles about the lives of the saints.