Come, Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit is a Roman Catholic prayer for guidance.[1] It is discussed in Catechism of the Catholic Church 2670–2672.[2]

This article is about the prayer. For the sequence, see Veni Sancte Spiritus. For the hymn, see Veni Creator Spiritus.

Text

Typical English version:

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.
Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created.
And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray.
O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit,
grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise, and ever to rejoice in His consolation,
through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Or in Latin:

Veni Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium et tui amoris in eis ignem accende.
Emitte Spiritum tuum, et creabuntur.
Et renovabis faciem terrae.
Oremus.
Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti,
da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de eius semper consolatione gaudere,
per Christum, Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Lutheran use

The prayer sees regular use as a canticle in the Nordic Lutheran Church of Sweden. Though rarely sung in regular worship, it is a standard part of the opening of clerical synods and during ordinations of priests,[3] usually during the final rite, the vesting, after the newly ordained priests have completed their vows. In such cases, it is usually sung first in the Latin original, followed by the Swedish translation.[4]

See also

References
  1. Thomas Zanzig, Brian Singer-Towns. Candidate's Handbook. p. 79. ISBN 0-88489-677-3.
  2. "Paragraphs 2670–2672". Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2012.
  3. http://svps1986.blogspot.com/2010/02/361-o-du-helge-ande-kom.html
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfH4vjU1GIU
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