Prayer to the Holy Gost

Prayer to the Holy Gost

Come, Holy Spirit,

enlighten and strengthen my heart and my thoughts

and fill me with your life-affirming power

and love.

Come, Holy Spirit,

enlighten and strengthen the hearts and minds

of the people

and fill them with your life-affirming power

and love.

My mother's most important prayer since her youth:

Holy Spirit,

give me a strong faith,

love for my fellow human beings

and joy and strength to work.