Day Three – Sunday, June 1, 2025 | 7th Week of Easter
Prayed in preparation for Pentecost

Thou, of all consolers best, Visiting the troubled breast, Dost refreshing peace bestow.

THE GIFT OF PIETY

The Gift of Piety begets in our hearts a filial affection for God as our most loving Father. It inspires in us love and respect for His sake toward all that belongs to Him: persons and things consecrated to His service, those who carry His authority, His Blessed Mother, the Saints, the Church and its visible Head, our parents and superiors, and even our country and its leaders. A soul filled with the gift of Piety finds joy in religious devotion not as a burdensome obligation, but as a loving service. For where there is love, there is no labor, only delight in pleasing the Beloved.

PRAYER: Come, O Blessed Spirit of Piety, possess my heart. Enkindle in me such a love for God that I may find satisfaction only in His service, and for His sake lovingly submit to all legitimate authority. Amen. 🙏

Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE
Glory Be to the Father SEVEN TIMES

ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT: On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body, to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and have my being. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace, and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light, listen to Your voice, and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You, and ask You, by Your compassion, to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus, looking at His Five Wounds, trusting in His Precious Blood, and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace, O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son, to say to You always and everywhere: “Speak, Lord, for Your servant heareth.” Amen. 🙏

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 that He may perfect in my soul the work of Your grace and Your love.

Grant me:

  • The Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the Things that are eternal,
  • The Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth,
  • The Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven,
  • The Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and overcome with courage all obstacles to my salvation,
  • The Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and myself and grow in holiness,
  • The Spirit of Piety that I may find joy in serving God lovingly,
  • And the Spirit of Fear of the Lord that I may be filled with reverence and avoid all that may offend You.

Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen. 🙏

Novena to the Holy Spirit: Prayed in preparation for Pentecost (link below)
Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gift | EWTN | https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/novena-to-the-holy-spirit-for-the-seven-gifts-309

The Novena to the Holy Spirit 2025 | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/the-novena-to-the-holy-spirit/

Daily Reflections with Philomena | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/