SIXTH DAY
If Thou take Thy grace away, nothing pure in
man will stay, All his good is turn'd to ill.
The Gift of Understanding
Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Spirit,
helps us to grasp the meaning of the truths of
our holy religion BY faith we know them, but
by Understanding we learn to appreciate and
relish them. It enables us to penetrate the inner
meaning of revealed truths and through them
to be quickened to newness of life. Our faith
ceases to be sterile and inactive, but inspires a
mode of life that bears eloquent testimony to
the faith that is in us; we begin to "walk
worthy of God in all things pleasing, and
increasing in the knowledge of God."
Prayer
Come, O Spirit of Understanding, and
enlighten our minds, that we may know and
believe all the mysteries of salvation; and may
merit at last to see the eternal light in Thy
Light; and in the light of glory to have a clear
vision of Thee and the Father and the Son.
Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE. Glory be to
the Father SEVEN TIMES.
Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven
Gifts