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DAY 5
DAY 5
(Tuesday, 7th Week of Easter)
Light immortal! Light Divine! Visit Thou these hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill!
The Gift of Knowledge
The Gift of Knowledge
The gift of knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at their true worth, in their relation to God. Knowledge unmasks the pretense of creatures, reveals their emptiness, and points out their only true purpose as instruments in the service of God. It shows us the loving care of God even in adversity, and directs us to glorify him in every circumstance of life. Guided by its light, we put first things first, and prize the friendship of God beyond all else. "Knowledge is a fountain of life to him who has it."
Prayer
Prayer
Come, o blessed spirit of knowledge, and grant that I may perceive the will of the Father; show me the nothingness of earthly things, that I may realize their vanity and use them only for your glory and my own salvation, looking ever beyond them to you, and your eternal rewards. Amen.
Our Father and Hail Mary (once).
Glory be to the Father (seven times).
Ending Prayers: Act of Consecration, Prayer for the Seven Gifts
Loquebantur variis linguis
Loquebantur variis linguis
Thomas Tallis. University of King's College Chapel Choir · Paul Halley
Thomas Tallis. University of King's College Chapel Choir · Paul Halley
"Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one of England's greatest composers, and is honored for his original voice in English musicianship (source). This composition is a musical setting of the recount of Pentecost from the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:4)
Loquebantur variis linguis Apostoli magnalia Dei,
prout Spiritus Sanctus dabat eloqui illis, alleluia.
Repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto, et coeperunt loqui.
The Apostles spoke in many languages of the great works of God,
as the Holy Spirit gave them the gift of speech, alleluia.
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak.
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