Before becoming a priest, St. John Paul II was formed in the faith by his father at home. Looking back, John Paul II would call this time of his life "the first home seminary.”
Among the many things his dad taught him was a special prayer to the Holy Spirit.
Author Jason Evert reveals this prayer in his book Saint John Paul The Great: His Five Loves.
Karol, Sr., gave him a prayer book on the Holy Spirit, which he used throughout his life, and also taught him the following prayer and instructed him to recite it daily:
Later on John Paul II would go so far as to attest that this prayer resulted a half century later in his encyclical on the Holy Spirit, Dominum et Vivificantem.
If you are looking for an inspiring daily prayer, try the one John Paul II prayed every day!
