Page:Prayerbookforrel00lasa 0.djvu/563

 it to  him  who  asks  for  it  with  humility:  "Your  Father  from heaven  will  give  the  good  Spirit  to  them  that  ask  Him"  (Luke xi.  13).

HOLY Spirit,  Creator,  propitiously  help  the Catholic Church,  and  by  Thy  supernal  power strengthen and  confirm  it  against  the  assaults  of  the enemy; by  Thy  charity  and  grace  renew  the  spirit  of Thy  servants  whom  Thou  hast  anointed,  that  in  Thee they may  glorify  the  Father  and  His  only-begotten  Son, Jesus Christ  our  Lord. Amen.

Indulgence of 300  days,  once  a  day. — Leo XIII.,  Aug. 26, 1889.

OLY Spirit,  Spirit  of  truth,  come  into  our  hearts; give to  all  peoples  the  brightness  of  Thy  light, that they  may  be  well-pleasing  to  Thee  in  unity  of  faith.

Indulgence of 100  days,  once  a  day. — Leo XIII.,  July  31,  1897.

HOLY Spirit,  O  my  God,  I  adore  Thee,  and acknowledge, here  in  Thy  divine  presence,  that I am  nothing  and  can  do  nothing  without  Thee. Come, great Paraclete,  Thou  Father  of  the  poor,  Thou  Comforter the  best,  fulfil  the  promise  of  our  blessed  Saviour, Who would  not  leave  us  orphans,  and  come  into  the mind and  the  heart  of  Thy  poor,  unworthy  creature, as Thou  didst  descend  on  the  sacred  day  of  Pentecost on the  holy  Mother  of  Jesus  and  on  His  first  disciples. Grant that  I  may  participate  in  those  gifts  which  Thou