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 Lord havs mercy.

Lord have mercy,

Christ hear us.

Christ graciously hear us,

God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world,

God the Holy Ghost,

Holy Trinity, one God,

Holy Ghost, who prooeedest from the father and the Son,

Holy Ghost, co-equal with the Father and the Son,

Promise of the Father, most loving and most bounteous,

Gift of the most high God,

Ray of heavenly light,

Author of all good,

Source of living water,

Consuming Fire,

Burning Love,

Spiritual Unction,

Spirit of truth and of power,

Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,

Spirit of counsel and of fortitude,

Spirit of knowledge and of piety,

Spirit of the fear of the Lord,

Spirit of compunction and of penance,

Spirit of grace and of prayer,

Spirit of charity, peace, and joy,

Spirit of patience, longanimity, and goodness,

Spirit of benignity, mildness, and fidelity,

Spirit of modesty, continence, and chastity,

Spirit of adoption of the sons of God,

Holy Ghost, the Comforter,

Holy Ghost, the Sanctifier,

Who in the beginning didst move over the waters,

By whose inspiration spake the holy men of God,

Who didst overshadow Mary,

Who didst co-operate in the miraculous conception of the Son of God,

Who didst descend upon Him at his baptism,

Who, on the day of Pentecost, didst appear in fiery tongues upon the disciples of the Lord

By whom we also are born again,

Who dwellest in us,

Who governest the Church,

Who filtest the whole world,

Holy Ghost, We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldst renew the face of the earth,

That thou Wouldst shed abroad thy light in our hearts,

That thou wouldst write thy law in our hearts,

That thou wouldst inflame them with the fire of thy love,

That thou wouldst open to us the treasures of thy grace,

That thou wouldst teach us to ask for them according to thy will,

That thou wouldst enlighten us with thy heavenly inspirations,

That thou wouldst keep us to thyself by thy powerful attractions,

That thou wouldst grant to us the knowledge alone necessary,

That thou wouldst help us to love and bear with each other,

That thou wouldst lead as