JOHANNA writes:
Thank you for the [Holy Ghost] prayer which I must have gotten from you last year since I say it every morning. The poem is lovely too. Last year I wrote one of my own. I thought you might like to see it:
O Come Holy Ghost
The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom…
Proverbs 9:10
O come, Holy Ghost, send us Thy gifts,
Confirm Thou our souls, give cause to their lift.
Offer us counsel through life’s destination;
Make us more wise: illume preparation.
Ever bestow Thy heavenly knowledge;
Help us reject the fallen world’s college.
Open our hearts; arm us with piety,
Life’s antidote to permissive society.
Yes, Thou as our Gift, shall give us our sanction,
Guide us and arm us, though we are anxious.
Heal Thou our fears with fortitude’s anchor.
Open our minds – understanding’s our answer.
Sing us Thy blessings, Thy breath be our sword.
Teach us to trumpet our Fear of the Lord.
