Contemporary prayer to the Holy Spirit
I spotted this prayer on the Carmelite Monastery of the Immaculate Conception in Roebuck, Ireland website. My husband is traveling this week to a conference in Dublin and so I suppose that is why the Holy Spirit led me to this prayer.
O HOLY SPIRIT:
Replace the tension within me
with Holy relaxation:
Replace the turbulance within me
with a sacred calm:
Replace anxiety within me
with a quiet confidence :
Replace the fear within me
with a strong faith :
Replace the bitterness within me
with the sweetness of your grace:
Replace the darkness within me
with a gentle light:
Replace the coldness within me
with a gentle warmth.
It will be no time till he’s back again. But while he’s here I hope he is given a true Irish welcome.
I had a look at the Roebuck site - looked through the whole site, page by page and then back to the homepage and there it was all the time - the beautiful prayer to the Holy Spirit. It was meant for you, Aeternus, I bet you spotted it straight away!
Comment by Ann — July 24, 2008 @ 3:12 pm
I welcome this prayer, Aeternus; thank you. There’s a little too much tension, turbulence and anxiety lately for my liking; Holy relaxation and sacred calm is what I desire.
The line “replace the bitterness within me with the sweetness of your grace” reminds me of what I just read in one of your earlier posts, in the quote from St. Lawrence of Brindisi: “And for the interior man who lives by the Spirit of God through grace, it is bread and water, but a bread sweeter than honey and the honeycomb…”
Comment by gabrielle — August 6, 2008 @ 10:41 am
Thank you for sharing this beautiful prayer. I have not seen it for a long time.
Thank you also for visiting my blog. I’ll be posting a link to your blog on my site.
Peace and prayers to you and yours.
Rose
Comment by rosemarie — August 7, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
That is really lovely, Thank you.
Comment by darcee — August 8, 2008 @ 9:08 am
It is a lovely contemporary prayer which speaks to the stress of our daily lives. Thanks for visiting. And, let us thank the Carmelites in Ireland for sharing the prayer to us!
Comment by aeternus — August 8, 2008 @ 11:51 am
Thanks for sharing this beautiful prayer to the Holy Spirit which speaks to us where we are today.
Comment by Rena — November 9, 2008 @ 5:34 am