Thou who dost proceed from the Father

         and the Son,

         have mercy on me.

When thou didst first hover over chaos,

     order came to birth,

   beauty robed the world, fruitfulness sprang forth.

Move, I pray thee, upon my disordered heart;

Take away the infirmities of unruly desires

     and hateful lusts;

Lift the mists and darkness of unbelief;

Brighten my soul with the pure light of truth;

Make it fragrant as the garden of paradise,

   rich with every goodly fruit,

   beautiful with heavenly grace,

   radiant with rays of divine light.

Fulfil in me the glory of thy divine offices;

Be my comforter, light, guide, sanctifier;

Take of the things of Christ and show them

   to my soul;

Through thee may I daily learn more of his love,

   grace, compassion, faithfulness, beauty;

Lead me to the cross and show me his wounds,

   the hateful nature of evil, the power of Satan;

May I there see my sins as

   the nails that transfixed him,

   the cords that bound him,

   the thorns that tore him,

   the sword that pierced him.

Help me to find in his death the reality

   and immensity of his love.

Open for me the wondrous volumes of truth

   in his, ‘It is finished’.

Increase my faith in the clear knowledge of

   atonement achieved, expiation completed,

   satisfaction made, guilt done away,

   my debt paid, my sins forgiven,

   my person redeemed, my soul saved,

   hell vanquished, heaven opened,

     eternity made mine.

O Holy Spirit, deepen in me these saving lessons.

Write them upon my heart, that my walk be

   sin-loathing, sin-fleeing, Christ-loving;

And suffer no devil’s device to beguile

   or deceive me.