O Holy Spirit of love and truth, adorable Source of all perfection, I adore You and thank You for all the gifts You have bestowed upon me. I have grieved You and driven You out of my heart so many times in the past! I have often deserved to be abandoned by You and cast into eternal hell. And why did this misfortune come upon me? Because Your holy fear was not in my soul. I regret it sincerely today, I detest all my sins and am deeply sorry for them. I will weep over them till my dying day. O Holy Spirit, please forget all my acts of ingratitude. I beg of You, grant me this holy fear, which I have lacked so sorely in the past. For the rest of my life, may it keep me in the spirit of compunction and inspire me with such a hatred for sin that I will never again let it enter my heart. Give me a filial fear: to fill me with deep respect for God and the things of God, to make me avoid the slightest faults for fear of displeasing Him, to preserve me from being lukewarm in His service and routine in prayer. Thanks to this priceless Gift of Fear of the Lord, I will enjoy an abundance of all good things; I will lead a life that is holy, happy, full of virtue and merit; I will make great progress on the path of perfection. I also will obtain the grace of dying as a predestined soul, and of going to heaven to enjoy the ineffable sweetness which You reserve for those who fear You. O Holy Spirit, I implore You, by the Name and the merits of Jesus Christ, by the intercession of Your Immaculate Spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant me the precious Gift of Fear of the Lord. Amen. 7 Hail Mary, 7 Glory Be.