{"id":197,"date":"2018-03-06T00:18:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T04:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/marian-consecration\/prayers-emptying-ourselves-of-the-spirit-of-the-world\/"},"modified":"2018-03-07T15:27:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T19:27:41","slug":"prayers-emptying-ourselves-of-the-spirit-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/marian-consecration\/prayers-emptying-ourselves-of-the-spirit-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers – Emptying ourselves of the spirit of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veni Sancte Spiritus
\n<\/strong>(Roman Missal translation)<\/em><\/p>\n

Holy Spirit, Lord of light,
\nfrom the clear celestial height
\nthy pure beaming radiance give.<\/p>\n

Come, thou Father of the poor,
\ncome with treasures which endure;
\ncome, thou light of all that live!<\/p>\n

Thou, of all consolers best, thou,
\nthe soul’s delighted guest,
\ndost refreshing peace bestow;<\/p>\n

Thou in toil art comfort sweet;
\npleasant coolness in the heat;
\nsolace in the midst of woe.<\/p>\n

Light immortal, light divine,
\nvisit thou these hearts of thine,
\nand our inmost being fill:<\/p>\n

If thou take thy grace away,
\nnothing pure in man will stay;
\nall his good is turned to ill.<\/p>\n

Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
\non our dryness pour thy dew;
\nwash the stains of guilt away:<\/p>\n

Bend the stubborn heart and will;
\nmelt the frozen, warm the chill;
\nguide the steps that go astray.<\/p>\n

Thou, on us who evermore
\nthee confess and thee adore,
\nwith thy sevenfold gifts descend:<\/p>\n

Give us comfort when we die;
\ngive us life with thee on high;
\ngive us joys that never end. Amen.<\/p>\n

Ave Maris Stella<\/strong>
\nHail, bright star of ocean,
\nGod’s own Mother blest,
\nEver sinless Virgin,
\nGate of heavenly rest.<\/p>\n

Taking that sweet Ave
\nWhich from Gabriel came,
\nPeace confirm within us,
\nChanging Eva’s name.<\/p>\n

Break the captives’ fetters,
\nLight on blindness pour,
\nAll our ills expelling,
\nEvery bliss implore.<\/p>\n

Show thyself a Mother;
\nMay the Word Divine,
\nBorn for us thy Infant,
\nHear our prayers through thine.<\/p>\n

Virgin all excelling,
\nMildest of the mild,
\nFreed from guilt, preserve us,
\nPure and undefiled.<\/p>\n

Keep our life all spotless,
\nMake our way secure,
\nTill we find in Jesus,
\nJoy forevermore.<\/p>\n

Through the highest heaven
\nTo the Almighty Three,
\nFather, Son and Spirit,
\nOne same glory be. Amen.<\/p>\n

Sub Tuum Praesidium<\/strong>
\nWe fly to thy protection, O holy Mother of God, despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.<\/p>\n

Radiating Christ<\/strong>
\n(By Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman)<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance wherever I go.
\nFlood my soul with Your spirit and life.
\nPenetrate and possess my whole being so utterly, that my life may only be a radiance of Yours.
\nShine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul.
\nLet them look up and see no longer me, but only Jesus!
\nStay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine, so to shine as to be a light to others.
\nThe light, O Jesus, will be all from You; none of it will be mine.
\nIt will be you, shining on others through me.
\nLet me thus praise You the way You love best, by shining on those around me.
\nLet me preach You without preaching, not by words but by my example, by the catching force of the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my heart bears to You.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

Litany of Penance<\/strong>
\n(By Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman)<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
\nLord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
\nGod the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
\nGod the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
\nGod the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
\nHoly Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
\nIncarnate Lord, have mercy on us.
\nLover of souls, have mercy on us.
\nSaviour of sinners, have mercy on us.
\nWho didst come to seek those that were lost, have mercy on us.
\nWho didst fast for them forty days and nights, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy tenderness towards Adam when he fell, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy faithfulness to Noe in the ark, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy remembrance of Lot in the midst of sinners, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy mercy on the Israelites in the desert, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy forgiveness of David after his confession, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy patience with wicked Achab on his humiliation, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy restoration of the penitent Manasses, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy long suffering towards the Ninevites, when they went in sackcloth and ashes. Have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy blessing on the Maccabees, who fasted before the battle, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy choice of John to go before Thee as the preacher of penance, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy testimony to the Publican, who hung his head and smote his breast, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy welcome given to the returning Prodigal, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy gentleness with the woman of Samaria, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy condescension towards Zacchaeus, persuading him to restitution, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy pity upon the woman taken in adultery, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy love of Magdalen, who loved much, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy converting look, at which Peter wept, have mercy on us.
\nBy Thy gracious words to the thief upon the cross, have mercy on us.
\nWe sinners, Beseech Thee, hear us.
\nThat we may judge ourselves, and so escape Thy judgment, We beseech Thee, hear us.
\nThat we may bring forth worthy fruits of penance, We beseech Thee, hear us.
\nThat sin may not reign in our mortal bodies, We beseech Thee, hear us.
\nThat we may work out our salvation with fear and trembling, We beseech Thee, hear us.
\nSon of God, We beseech Thee, hear us.
\nLamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
\nLamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
\nLamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
\nChrist, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
\nO Lord, hear our prayer. And let our cry come unto Thee.<\/p>\n

Let us pray:<\/p>\n

Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to Thy faithful, pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their offenses, and also serve Thee with a quiet mind, through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n

Prayer of Entrustment to the Womb of Mary<\/strong>
\nAlmighty God, Heavenly Father,
\nwho have placed me, by Baptism, in the womb of the Virgin Mary
\nbeneath her Immaculate Heart
\nto be together with your Son
\nand ever more conformed to Him by the power of the Holy Spirit,
\ngrant that I may whole-heartedly embrace my dependence on you
\nas I place all my trust in my Mother Mary.
\nMay I\u00a0never scorn my weakness which your Son chose to share with me,
\nbut may I always be grateful to be little and helpless,
\nknowing that without you I can do nothing.
\nVeiled with her beneath the protective care of Saint Joseph her spouse,
\nmay I find in her a refuge against every danger
\nand in her womb a hiding place invisible to the ancient foe.
\nMay I know that I am loved perfectly like Jesus by Joseph and Mary,
\nthose parents, who, receiving everything from You,
\nwill always provide for all of my needs.
\nThrough the same Christ our Lord.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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