信友的祈禱
作者:白孟德神父，譯者:林豪
在聖神降臨的前一周，我們建議使用以下方式，祈求聖神的七個恩賜，每天重複誦唸。
神父介紹
這些天要為聖神降臨做準備，慶祝聖神降臨至教會。讓我們不斷地祈禱，祈求我們能順服聖神在我們靈魂中工作，並慷慨地回應祂的恩賜。
信友的回應：
聖神，請來！
或
求主，俯聽我們！
意向：
1.願我們能領受聰敏之恩，更清晰地洞悉信仰的豐富。讓我們向天主祈求。
2.願我們能領受明達之恩，能夠正直地判斷受造物，並把我們的心專注於天主身上，以及其他引導我們歸向祂的事務。讓我們向天主祈求。
3.願我們能領受上智之恩，領會天主的奧妙，並在我們日常的工作和義務中，優先於其他一切，來尋求祂。讓我們向天主祈求。
4.願我們能領受超見之恩，清楚地察覺到聖德的道路向我們敞開，在我們一般的日常生活中實踐天主的旨意，並選擇與天主的光榮及我們同道的益處一致。讓我們向天主祈求。
5.願我們能領受孝愛之恩，以子女對待父親般的親密關係對待天主。讓我們向天主祈求。
6.願我們能領受剛毅之恩，不斷地獲得加強，並能夠克服我們奔向天主的旅途中，不可避免地所遭受的困難。讓我們向天主祈求。
7.願我們領受敬畏天主之恩，逃離罪惡的場合，抵擋誘惑，避免一切可能使聖神傷心的邪惡，並且首先畏懼失去我們所愛的那一位，祂是我們生命中幸福之源。讓我們向天主祈求。
神父誦念：
天父啊，祢總是俯聽我們的祈禱，藉著祢聖子的功勞，賜予我們所求。願祢的聖神，帶著祂的恩賜居住在我們內。以上所求是靠我們的主基督。
答覆:阿們。
THE PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
By Charles Belmonte
DURING THE WEEK PRIOR TO PENTECOST, WE SUGGEST TO USE THE FOLLOWING
FORMULARY, ASKING FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, REPEATED FOR
EACH DAY.
Priest’s Introduction:
These are days to prepare ourselves for the feast of Pentecost, the celebration of the
descent of the Holy Spirit on the Church. Let us pray constantly that we may be docile to
the work of the Holy Spirit in our soul, and respond to his gifts generously.
Let our response be:
COME, HOLY SPIRIT.
or
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Intentions:
1. That we may receive the gift of understanding to perceive the riches of the Faith with greater clarity. Let us pray to the Lord.
2. That we may receive the gift of knowledge to be able to judge created things in an upright manner, and to keep our heart fixed on God, and on other things that lead us to him. Let us pray to the Lord.
3. That we may receive the gift of wisdom to grasp the profound wonder of God, and to seek him in preference to all other things, amid our ordinary work and obligations. Let us pray to the Lord.
4. That we may receive the gift of counsel to see clearly the path of holiness open to us, fulfilling God’s Will in our ordinary daily life, and to choose the option that coincides with the glory of God, and the good of our fellow men. Let us pray to the Lord.
5. That we may receive the gift of piety to treat God with the intimacy with which a child treats his father. Let us pray to the Lord.
6. That we may receive the gift of fortitude to be continually strengthened, and be able to overcome the difficulties that we inevitably meet on our journey to God. Let us pray to the Lord.
7. That we may receive the gift of fear of the Lord, to flee the occasions of sin, resist temptation, avoid every evil which could sadden the Holy Spirit, and to fear above all the loss of the One whom we love, and who is the reason of happiness in our life. Let us pray to the Lord.
Priest’s Prayer:
Father, you always hear us and you grant us what we ask, through the merits of your
Son. May your Holy Spirit abide in us with his gifts. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
R./ Amen.
