Morning Prayer for Pentecost

O Spirit of Grace! who from eternity proceedest from the Father and the Son, and who, after the ascension of Jesus, wast poured out visibly upon the apostles in order to fit them for their holy office! I rejoice today in Thy outpouring; and I beseech Thee, enter into my heart also, and fit it to be a temple of the living God. Enable me to apprehend that eternal life for which I was created, and for which I was purchased by my Saviour. Thou art the earnest of our adoption and of our inheritance. Do Thou therefore dwell within me, and assure me that I am a child of God, and have a share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

But in order that I may not deceive myself with vain delusions, let me experience Thy sanctifying operations and the tokens of Thy indwelling. Work in me true quietness of heart and mind, that I may take no pleasure in the tumult and sinful unrest of the world, but may flee them and find my delight in Thee alone. Cleanse my heart from all impurity, wickedness, and sin, and let me with each year and week and day become more pure. Purge me more and more from all that is evil; and let it be manifest to myself and to others that an improvement has taken place in me. And because without holiness I shall not see the Lord, sanctify me wholly. Kindle in me the true light which I still lack, that I may grow in the knowledge of God, have a desire more fully to understand the ways of heaven, and employ all diligence to walk in them without growing weary in well doing.

Let me recognize thoroughly my own wretched and lost condition and the need in which I languish, that I may be brought to true humility of heart. Let me appreciate the blessedness and glory to which I attain through Thy gracious indwelling, that I may be filled with greater love for Thee. Let love make me obedient to Thy will, and prompt me to yield my heart to Thy gracious operations. Let me not resist Thy grace, but permit Thee to restrain me from all evil, and to incite me to all that is good. Let me ever obey Thy promptings, and follow Thy guidance. Lead me in the land of uprightness. Let me ever walk on the strait and narrow way that leadeth unto life.

And when Thou, O blessed Holy Spirit, hast thus worked in me, and manifested Thy power, and kept me faithful; then let me, like the apostles after Thou didst rest on them, speak with new tongues, so that every one may hear that the old sinful, unseemly words, which are so unbecoming to a Christian, have been removed far from my lips. Let all who associate with me perceive that I have become a new creature and am Thy child. Sanctify me ever more and more, that my spirit and body may remain Thy temple. Let me here in this world attain the firm assurance of my salvation, possess the righteousness of Christ and the divine peace acquired by Him, and find my joy in Thee. And let me in the next world obtain an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away, eternal in the heavens. Give me a glorious crown and a beauteous robe of white; and let me there praise Thee, together with the Father and the Son, for evermore. Amen.