Holy Spirit, Give Your Gift of Piety

 This divinely given gift (piety) nourishes sentiments of profound confidence in God and His will for us. It moves us to works of mercy and compassion toward others.

Piety makes it easier for us to trust God, even when we do not understand His will. Piety opens the way for us to live our ordinary life in intimacy with God. Piety prompts us to pray. It allows us to be held in God's loving embrace. Moved by the gift of piety, we live our lives as a continual conversation with God. 

Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli, p. 73

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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld 

Psalm 119:14-20

I delight in the way of your decrees

    as much as in all riches.

I will meditate on your precepts,

    and fix my eyes on your ways.

I will delight in your statutes;

    I will not forget your word.

Deal bountifully with your servant,

    so that I may live and observe your word.

Open my eyes, so that I may behold

    wondrous things out of your law.

I live as an alien in the land;

    do not hide your commandments from me.

My soul is consumed with longing

    for your ordinances at all times.