Saint William the Confessor Catholic Church

 

This is A Prayer to God the Father Inspired by the Writings of St.Therese:
 
+ In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

Jesus says in Saint John’s Gospel: “Whatever you ask the Father in My Name, it will be granted to you.”(Jn 16:23). With full confidence in the Truth of Jesus, I turn in Prayer to You, God my Father.
God the Father, in the Name of Jesus, send me the Holy Spirit.

Holy Spirit, come into my Life - from the tips of my toes to the top of my head.
Holy Spirit come into my very being. Holy Spirit come into every part of me.
Holy Spirit I ask You to come into my thoughts, my mind, my will, and my imagination.
Holy Spirit I ask You to come into my emotions, my feelings, my senses, and my appetites.
Holy Spirit I ask You to come into my desires, my inclinations, my actions, and my reflexes.
Holy Spirit I ask You to come into every part of my memory.
Holy Spirit I ask You to come into my habits, my attractions, my tendencies, and my convictions.
Holy Spirit I ask You to come into my impulses, my dispositions, my moods, & my outlook on life.
Holy Spirit I ask You to come into every part of me and “whatever” You find in me that is not in complete accord with Your Divine Plan for me, then I totally surrender it all to You, Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit, please take it all away and in its place, fill me with Your Divine Presence.
 
 
 AREAS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT


Holy Spirit, come into ALL of the areas concerning my personal development.
Holy Spirit, come into my physical development.
Holy Spirit, come into my spiritual development.
Holy Spirit, come into my emotional development.
Holy Spirit, come into my social development.
Holy Spirit, come into my intellectual development.
Holy Spirit, come into my moral development.
Holy Spirit come into every aspect of my personal development and should You find me in any of these areas at a level of development “lower” than where it is proper that I should be, then  
Holy Spirit, in Your Great Charity, by tomorrow, please raise me up to the next level.

DOUBLES


Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my hunger and thirst for Holiness.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my hunger and thirst for Prayer.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my Faith, Hope and Charity.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my patience.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my confidence and trust in Divine Providence.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my love and appreciation for the Blessed Virgin Mary and for
her beautiful Prayer which is the Most Holy Rosary.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my desire to live the 10 Commandments
and renew this desire in me with every beat of my heart.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my spirit of generosity and self-sacrifice
so that I may more perfectly imitate Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my ability to look at other people O-N-L-Y as you see them.
Allow lust to have no part of me.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my desire and my ability to forgive my enemies and persecutors.
Each day urge me to pray that these people will be blessed abundantly by being led to the Truth.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, allow me to pray this Prayer twice as well tomorrow as I am praying it today.
Holy Spirit, come into my Prayer Life and by tomorrow, double my sensitivity to Your
Divine Guidance.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my love for Jesus’ Presence in the 7 Sacraments.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my desire to know You and to love You and to serve You until I draw
my last breath.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my ability to examine my conscience so that I may always recognize my own, personal sins. Each day double my ability to forgive others out of love for You.
Holy Spirit, give me the desire to receive often the Divine Mercy of Jesus. Help me and my family
to go to the Sacrament of Confession regularly – every month or two months or three months.
Holy Spirit, guard me from ever displeasing You through mortal sin. Each day double my
distaste even for venial sin.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my ability to center my life on Jesus Christ.
Holy Spirit, by tomorrow, double my love for our Lord in the Eucharist - in Holy Communion.
Holy Spirit, grant me daily progress in meditation on the Life, Death and Resurrection of Christ
in order to prepare the spiritual foundation for the Prayer of contemplation.
Holy Spirit, come into my Prayer life and by tomorrow, double my desire for the Prayer “at the
feet of Jesus”- which is the Prayer of Contemplation.
Holy Spirit, come into my many distractions in personal Prayer. Give me the confidence and self-assurance to know that You will always guide me through every distraction in Prayer back to You and back to my Prayer. Do not allow me to give in to the many distractions in Prayer
but allow me to see them now as opportunities for a deeper Faith in You.
Holy Spirit, strengthen my resolve. Each day double my resolve to do Your Will - ALWAYS above my own will.
And finally, Holy Spirit, I ask You to be a guard for me - a sentinel to watch over me today while I am awake or semi-conscious, even when I am asleep.
Holy Spirit I know with Faith that these requests have already been granted because Jesus has said: “Whatever you ask the Father in My Name it will be granted to you.”
I have asked all of these things of You, God my Father, in the Name of Jesus, through the intercession of the Holy Spirit.+ In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
 
 Rev. Paul L. Weinberger, Pastor, St. William Church/Our Lady of Fatima
 Greenville, TX 75401, May 13, 2004, Feast of Our Lady of Fatima
 
 ( Please Note: As this Prayer becomes familiar, you will wish to develop other petitions. For example, “Holy Spirit, by tomorrow...(fill in the blank).” You could fill in the blank with some of the following items: “love of my spouse,” “love of my children,” “patience with my mother or daughter-in-law/boss/ next-door neighbor.” Always you may personalize this prayer by inserting your own petitions.
 
 
 Where is this Prayer in the Bible? This “Prayer to God the Father” is based on two quotes from the mouth of Christ - one from the Gospel of St. John and one from the Gospel of St. Luke:
 
 St. John’s Gospel, Chapter 16, verse 23: Jesus tells us in this passage: “Whatever you ask (God) the Father in My Name, it will be granted to you.” When St. Therese of Lisieux read these words, she had complete confidence in the great power of her “small prayers.” Her Faith could move mountains in prayer.
 
 St. Luke’s Gospel, Chapter 11, verse 13: Father Gabriel Amorth, SSP is the Chief Exorcist of Rome. He is the author of “An Exorcist Tells His Story” and “An Exorcist: More Stories.” He also has written a short work on the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this last work of his, he comments on invoking or calling upon the Holy Spirit. He writes: “It is useful to reflect on this detail: the Holy Spirit can be received many times, indeed, without limit, with a growing increase of fruits. The Holy Spirit descends on us in Baptism; with even greater strength at our Confirmation; and then all the times that we invoke Him, because the Lord has said:”The Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him for It ’ (Lk11:13). For that reason we must never tire of invoking the Holy Spirit, in order to always and with more clarity listen to and follow His Voice, so different from that of the flesh and of the world, and in order to arrive at that full imitation of Christ which the Lord expects from us.

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