Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy.
Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy.
Amen.
Saint Augustine
This is one of my favourite prayers to the Holy Spirit. It was with me ever since my reversion to the faith. Ever since I started to pray it I noticed some big changes in my life. Holy Spirit truly does transform lives.
Not everyone can have a spiritual director. Someone to talk to about spiritual things. Our inner lives are so important that it is unfortunate that there is such a lack of qualified people to guide us. Our God however did not leave us orphans. He send us His Spirit. He Is our most wonderful spiritual director. All it took for me was to trust Him. Every book I've picked to read early on in my study of faith happened to be solid in its orthodoxy. This can't be a coincidence especially since my early book shopping was done in secular book stores, and there were tons of "Christian sounding" books which knowing what I know now would be very negative to my faith. I can only guess that The Holy Spirit was there with me and with each book was trying to teach me something new.
Holy God, Most Blessed Trinity, thank You for your gift of the Holy Spirit my Counselor, my Comforter, my Teacher, my God. Amen
This week's post of the week goes to Aimee Milburn for her wonderful post about her journey into the Catholic Church.
Why I Became a Catholic