Come, Holy Ghost, who replenisheth the hearts of the faithful, descend into my soul, and make it the place of thy abode.
Come, O Divine Spirit, take full possession of my heart, and kindle in it the fire of thy divine love.
Enter into my soul and abide there for ever, to be my light, my guide, and my strength.
Come, Holy Ghost, with all thy gifts, and fill my soul; enlighten, direct, and conduct me in all my ways. Strengthen me against all the assaults of self-love, remove from me all vicious shame, and inspire me with a Christian courage.
O grant that I may make the gospel the rule of my life. Preserve me from the corruption of sin, and from the pernicious maxims of the world. Give me grace, O God, to do thy will in all things. Enlighten my eyes, O Lord, that I may never sleep in death.
O uncreated fire, when wilt thou consume whatever is imperfect in my soul.
Inebriate my soul with thy holy love, O thou sovereign beauty.
O may I never forget the obligations that are contracted, by being enlisted a disciple of the cross, in the sacrament of confirmation.
O grant that I may ever have before my eyes the duties thereunto annexed, and that I may live henceforward according to the spirit of a true and perfect Christian.