O Holy Spirit, by Your wonderful Gift of Wisdom, You raise souls to
the highest degree of sanctity by uniting them closely to their
supreme end. I am ashamed to appear before You, for I am a
wretched sinner. Blind as I have been, I have often placed my last
end in creatures, seeking in them the satisfactions my heart
craves. I have been wise with a diabolical and carnal wisdom,
which is only abomination and folly in Your sight. Today,
enlightened by Your divine light, I acknowledge my waywardness,
I deplore it from the bottom of my heart and detest it in all
sincerity.
However unworthy I may be, please send me Your divine wisdom.
It alone can teach me to savor only God and the things of God, to
judge all things in relation to Him; then all earthly goods and
pleasures will inspire scorn in me. God alone will be the object of
all my yearning and all my love! Yes, I will love Him, the one and
only Good, the supreme and eternal Good. I will unite myself to
Him and be transformed into Him. Unable to possess and
resemble Him in beatitude, I will at least possess and resemble
Him amid pain and sorrow. Hereafter, may my only ambition be to
reproduce the image of the God-Man in me by loving and seeking
scorn and suffering. Then I will no longer say, “Who will give me
wings, that I may fly away and find my rest?” for Your Gift of
Wisdom will have given them to me. Thanks to this precious Gift, I
will attain the end of my ardent desires. As Your faithful spouse, I
will truly be able to say, “I have found the One my heart loves, and
I will hold Him and never leave Him.”
O Mary, Seat of Wisdom, obtain for me this priceless Gift which
will help me to find my heaven on earth.
7 Hail Mary, 7 Glory Be.
