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Hallowed Holy Spirit, you are the living third person of the Trinity, the telling companion of the vine of the love of God, indwelling in his Zion city my soul. You were promised and imparted by our Lord Jesus Christ to be a comforter to his disciples and followers.

You have poured forth the first opening of God’s light through my faith and pierced my heart with the wound of longing for him, a wound that will not be fully healed by my spiritual life on earth.

In the immense emptiness and blackness of my soul’s own striving and failing to overcome iniquity, you offer me hope. My hope lies in trusting you as a child for your transforming power. You can transform my darkness where there may not even be a shadow of Christ to reflect upon. If I was to look in a mirror it would be empty of the reflection of his glorious light.

May I become a branch to that vine of light. May the eye of my soul be so turned to his will through your transforming power and guidance that the light of my body will be a window of his light. May my soul never dry up but quench the thirst of other souls that do not know of his love. Cut down the destructive poison ivy of self will and incarnate that love in the union of my will with his.

As I surrender my will all the conflicts of my own will shall disappear and I shall have comfort in my trials and tribulations. In your transformation enlighten my mind and inflame my will. Holy Spirit, in your gift allow Christ to live his life through me as I am nourished by the vine in prayer, steadfast faith, mercy and grace.

May I grow each day from a reflection of the defilement of the body to a reflection of the trusting child of the soul. Just as a light dispels the darkness in a room, so your gift of transformation can gradually dispel the darkness in my soul and a reflection of Christ can grow. You are the unseen power, but you can be seen in the faithful reflection of that light.

Companion Holy Spirit; bear your fruit in me. Give me your love not hatred, give me your bliss not sadness, give me your peace not anger, give me your long suffering not impatience, give me your gentleness not harshness, give me your faith not fear, give me your goodness not evil, give me your humility not pride, give me your balance not confusion.

In my spiritual life as I am the Lord’s servant may he walk beside me being a light to my footsteps, and may my knowledge of him grow. If I am blessed with the fruit of the Holy Spirit may I use it in the building of his kingdom on earth, finding my true rest and happiness. To serve him until I join him in heaven and see his smile filling all the heavens as he is the host of the heavenly banquet of love with all the companions through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.