St. Francis’ Prayer Before the Cross
Most high, glorious God, bring light to the darkness of my heart. Give me right faith, firm hope, and perfect charity, with wisdom and insight. (Saint Francis of Assisi)
Prayer for the gifts of the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit, Divine Consoler, I adore You as my true God, with God the Father and God the Son. I adore You and unite myself to the adoration You receive from the angels and saints. […]
Serenity Prayer
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. (Reinhold Niebuhr)
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, to perfect in my soul the work of your grace and your love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom, that I may not be attached to the perishable things of this world (…)
O Lord my God
O Lord my God, help me to be obedient without reserve, poor without servility, chaste without compromise, humble without pretense, joyful without depravity, serious without affectation, active without frivolity, submissive without bitterness, truthful without duplicity, fruitful in good works without presumption, quick to revive my neighbor without haughtiness, and quick to edify others by word and example without simulation. (St. Thomas Aquinas)