Come, Creator
Spirit,
visit the minds of your children,
and fill the hearts you have made,
visit the minds of your children,
and fill the hearts you have made,
with
heavenly grace.
You
are called the Comforter,
the
gift of God most high,
living spring, and fire, love,
and spiritual anointing.
living spring, and fire, love,
and spiritual anointing.
You
are sevenfold in your gifts,
the
finger of God’s right hand;
you
are the Father’s true promise,
endowing
our tongues with speech.
Enkindle your light in our senses,
infuse your life in our hearts;
strengthen our bodies’ weakness
by your never failing might.
infuse your life in our hearts;
strengthen our bodies’ weakness
by your never failing might.
Drive
far away our foe,
and grant peace without end,
that with you to lead us on,
and grant peace without end,
that with you to lead us on,
we
may escape all harm.
Grant us, through you,
to know the Father, also the Son;
may we ever believe in you,
to know the Father, also the Son;
may we ever believe in you,
the
Spirit of them both.
Amen.
Amen.
In
preparation for the great Solemnity of Pentecost, we pray our novena to the
Holy Spirit. And each evening at Vespers, we chant this ancient Latin hymn. We
share a fine translation completed by one of the monks.