EIGHTH DAY
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray!

THE GIFT OF WISDOM
Embodying all the other gifts, as charity embraces all the other
virtues, Wisdom is the most perfect of the gifts. Of Wisdom it is
written "all good things come to me with her, and innumerable riches
through her hands." It is the gift of Wisdom that strengthens our
faith, fortifies hope, perfects charity, and promotes the practice of
virtue in the highest degree. Wisdom enlightens the mind to discern
and relish things divine, in the appreciation of which earthly joys
lose their savor, whilst the Cross of Christ yields a divine
sweetness according to the words of the Savior: "Take up thy cross
and follow me, for my yoke is sweet and my burden light."

Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Wisdom, and reveal to my soul the mysteries of
heavenly things, their exceeding greatness, power and beauty. Teach
me to love them above and beyond all the passing joys and
satisfactions of earth. Help me to attain them and possess them for
ever. Amen.

Our Father

Hail Mary

Glory be to the Father (seven times)

Act of Consecration

Prayer for the Seven Gifts

ACT OF CONSECRATION to the HOLY GHOST

On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer

myself, soul and body, to Thee, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the

brightness of Thy purity, the unerring keenness of Thy justice, and

the might of Thy love. Thou art the Strength and Light of my soul. In

Thee I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve Thee by

unfaithfulness to grace, and I pray with all my heart to be kept from

the smallest sin against Thee. Mercifully guard my every thought and

grant that I may always watch for Thy light, and listen to Thy voice,

and follow Thy gracious inspirations. I cling to Thee and give myself

to Thee and ask Thee, by Thy compassion, to watch over me in my

weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus, and looking at His five

wounds, and trusting in His Precious Blood, and adoring His opened

side and stricken Heart, I implore Thee, Adorable Spirit, Helper of

my infirmity, so to keep me in Thy grace that I may never sin against

Thee. Give me grace, O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father and the Son,

to say to Thee always and everywhere, "Speak Lord, for Thy servant

heareth." Amen.

PRAYER for the SEVEN GIFTS of the HOLY GHOST

O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise

to send the Holy Ghost to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy

Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me

that He may perfect in my soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love.

Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable

things of this world and aspire only after the things that are

eternal; the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the

light of Thy divine truth; the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever

choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven; the Spirit

of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with Thee and that I may

overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation; the

Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow

perfect in the science of the Saints; the Spirit of Piety that I may

find the service of God sweet and amiable; the Spirit of Fear that I

may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in

any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Thy

true disciples and animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.