COME HOLY SPIRIT

COME HOLY SPIRIT
REPLACE THE TENSION WITHIN ME
WITH A HOLY RELAXATION.

REPLACE THE TURBULENCE WITHIN ME
WITH A SACRED CALM.

REPLACE THE 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 YOUR GENTLE LIGHT.

REPLACE THE COLDNESS WITHIN ME
WITH A LOVING WARMTH.

REPLACE THE NIGHT WITHIN ME
WITH THE DAY.

REPLACE THE WINTER WITHIN ME
WITH THY SPRING.

STRAIGHTEN  MY CROOKEDNESS.
FILL MY EMPTINESS.

DULL THE EDGE OF MY PRIDE.
SHARPEN THE EDGE OF MY HUMILITY.

LIGHT THE FIRE OF MY LOVE
QUENCH THE FLAME OF LUST.

LET ME SEE MYSELF AS YOU –GOD SEE ME.
SO THAT I MAY SEE YOU AS YOU HAVE PROMISED.
BLESSED ARE THE PURE OF HEART
FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.

[This one was given to me by a bishop several years ago ]