The document discusses the etymology of the word "catholic", meaning universal or general, and provides a prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. The prayer asks God to grant wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord so that the recipient may please God and gain heaven. It concludes by mentioning St. Jerome and providing credit for the multimedia presentation.

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2. 'CATHOLIC': from [Greek] katholikos – ‘general, universal’, from katholou – ‘in general’, from kata –‘by’ + holos – ‘whole’

3. Prayer for the Seven Gifts of t he Holy Spirit Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

4. deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me,that He may perfect in my soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love. O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to send the Holy Ghost to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples,

5. Grant me THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal,

6. THE SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING to enlighten my mind with the light of Thy divine truth,

7. THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining Heaven,

8. THE SPIRIT OF FORTITUDE that I may bear my cross with Thee, and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation,

9. THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints,

10. THE SPIRIT OF PIETY that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable,

11. THE SPIRIT OF FEAR that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God, and may dread in any way to displease Him.

12. AMEN.

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