Litany of the Holy Spirit

Pure Gift of God

Indwelling Presence

Promise of the Father

Life of Jesus

Pledge and Guarantee

Defense Attorney

Inner Anointing

Homing Device

Stable Witness

Peacemaker

Always Already Awareness

Compassionate Observer

God Compass

Inner Breath

Mutual Yearning

Hidden Love of God

Implanted Hope

Seething Desire

Fire of Life and Love

Truth Speaker

Flowing Stream

Wind of Change

Descending Dove

Cloud of Unknowing

Uncreated Grace

Filled Emptiness

Deepest Level of Our Longing

Sacred Wounding

Holy Healing

Will of God

Great Compassion

Inherent Victory

 

You who pray in us, through us, with us, for us, and in spite of us.

Amen, Alleluia!

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When we come to the end of our rope and hit rock bottom, we are not dashed but fall into God’s hands. It is here at our lowest that we discover our true source of power, the indwelling Holy Spirit. Many years ago, during a hermitage in Arizona, I had a particularly strong sense of the Holy Spirit, the One who is fully available to all of us “if we but knew the gift of God” (John 4:10). I slowly composed this prayer–imagining many names and movements of the Spirit–to awaken and strengthen this Presence within you. Recite it whenever you are losing faith in God or in yourself.

Reference:Adapted from Richard Rohr, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See (The Crossroad Publishing Company: 2009), 168-169.