O Holy Spirit, who, in Your infinite love, desire to be our guide along the pathways of this wretched life, to lead us surely to our final end, I adore You and thank You for the charitable counsels You have given me to this day. If only I had always followed them, I would not have so many sins to blame myself for at this moment. But all too often I have preferred to let myself be led by the angel of darkness, by my senses and passions. I acknowledge and bitterly deplore the sorrowful misconduct that has resulted from such incredible folly. O Spirit of love and mercy, have pity on me and forgive me! I now return to You, and I desire no other guide but You. Here I am, resolved to follow You wherever it shall please You to lead me. Speak, Lord, Your servant listens! Show me the way by which You want me to walk, indicate Your pathways to me. May Your Gift of Counsel direct me step by step, so that I may never stray from the way You have shown me. May this Gift always inspire me to do what is most pleasing in Your sight, preserve me from every illusion, and help me to make rapid progress in holiness. And finally, may it bring me to the possession of my last end, so that I may repose there for all eternity, in the contemplation and love of the Father, of the Son, and of Yourself, O Holy Spirit, who proceeds from Them both. Amen. 7 Hail Mary, 7 Glory Be.