O HOLY GHOST, PARACLETE,
perfect in us
the work begun by Jesus: enable us to continue to pray fervently in the name of
the whole world: hasten in every one of us the growth of a profound interior
life; give vigor to our apostolate so that it may reach all men and all
peoples, all redeemed by the Blood of Christ and all belonging to him.
Mortify in us
our natural pride, and raise us to the realms of holy humility, of the real
fear of God, of generous courage.
Let no earthly
bond prevent us from honoring our vocation, no cowardly considerations disturb the
claims of justice, nor meanness confine the immensity of charity within the
narrow bounds of petty selfishness.
Let everything
in us be on a grand scale: the search for truth and the devotion to it, and
readiness for self-sacrifice, even to the cross and death;
and may
everything finally be according to the last prayer of the Son to his heavenly
Father, and according to your Spirit, O Holy Spirit Of Love, which the Father
and the Son desired to be poured out over the Church and its institutions, over
the souls of men and over nations.
AMEN. AMEN.
ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!
~St. John
XXVII
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