Be devout to the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. His presence is
everywhere, and His power is manifested in all things. His office in the
Church is that of lifegiver, and in our souls He is the perfect
illumination of the intellect. Without this strength the intellect may be
cultivated, but it will be cold and dim. The errors of our mind, its low
vices and fragmentary opinions, its distorted judgments, unfounded
propositions, and shallow conception of the nature of things, are all
defects traceable to our carelessness in the devotion to the Holy Ghost. A
pious person devoted to the worship of the Holy Spirit will naturally know
God’s will and follow it. The degree of his explicit knowledge will still
depend on natural gifts and their due cultivation; but with the docility
of the heart and the influence of the Holy Ghost, there will dawn on his
mind a knowledge which is often superior to that acquired by the intellect
alone. Before and after your actions seek light from this divine Teacher,
and in all your daily life continue in the consciousness of your
dependence on the Holy Ghost.
Prayer.
Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and enkindle in them
the fire of Thy love.
_V._ Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created.
_R._ And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
_Let Us Pray._
O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of Thy
Holy Spirit, grant us in the same Holy Spirit to relish what is right, and
ever to rejoice in His consolation, through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Second Day.
St. Edward was one day waiting, in a school at Paris, for the arrival of
his scholars. He was about to expound to them the mystery of the Holy
Trinity. Being tired he fell into a slumber, in which he had a dream. He
saw a dove descending towards him; it bore on its back the sacred Host,
and laid it on his lips. When he awoke he went to the lecture‐room, and
began his discourse; all who heard him were struck by the sweetness and
clearness of his explanations. It was the devotion to the Holy Ghost that
gave a newness and a charm to all he said, and impressed itself not only
on his hearers, but also on himself, so that he became full of the unction
and fire of the Spirit of God. We will not be disappointed if we solicit
the interest of the Holy Ghost in our behalf. In all our work let us look
first to this Light of God, which illumines every soul coming into this
world, and our actions will be for the glory of God, our minds will become
energetic through the purification of our motives, and our whole life will
take on a new exterior of humility and perfection.
Prayer.
Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, etc., etc.
Third Day.
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