Evening Prayer #2 - by Saint Antiochus

Evening Prayer to the Holy Spirit

O Holy Spirit,

most merciful Comforter:

You proceed from the Father

in a manner beyond our understanding.

Come, I beseech You,

and take up your abode in my heart.

Purify and cleanse me from all sin,

and sanctify my soul.

Cleanse it from every impurity,

water its dryness,

melt its coldness,

and save it from its sinful ways.

Make me truly humble and resigned,

that I may be pleasing to You,

and that You might abide with me forever.

Most Blessed Light,

most Amiable Light,

enlighten me.

O Rapturous Joy of Paradise,

Fount of Purest Delight,

My God, give yourself to me

and kindle in my innermost soul the fire of Your love.

My Lord, instruct, direct,

and defend me in all things.

Give me strength against all immoderate fears

and against despondency.

Bestow upon me a true faith,

a firm hope,

and a sincere and a perfect love.

Grant that I always do Thy Most Gracious Will.

Amen.