Intercession for
the Feast of Pentecost
prayer from the
Taize Community
O living God, come and make our
souls temples of thy Spirit.
Sanctify us, O Lord!
Baptize thy whole Church with fire, that the divisions soon may cease, and
that it may stand before the world as a pillar and buttress of thy
truth.
Sanctify us, O Lord!
Grant us all the fruits of thy Holy Spirit: brotherly love, joy, peace,
patience, goodwill and faithfulness.
Sanctify us, O Lord!
May the Holy Spirit speak by the voice of thy servants, here and
everywhere, as they preach thy word.
Sanctify us, O Lord!
Send thy Holy Spirit, the comforter, to all who face adversity, or who are
the victims of men's wickedness.
Sanctify us, O Lord!
Preserve all nations and their leaders from hatred and war, and build up a
true community among nations, through the power of thy Spirit.
Sanctify us, O Lord!
Holy Spirit, Lord and source of life, giver of the seven gifts,
Sanctify us, O Comforter.
Spirit of wisdom and understanding, Spirit of counsel and
strength,
Sanctify us, O Comforter.
Spirit of knowledge and devotion, Spirit of obedience to the
Lord.
Sanctify us, O Comforter.
Come, Holy Spirit
prayer for Liturgy
of the Hours - Terce, by Ambrose of Milan (339-397 AD)
Come, Holy Spirit, who ever
One
Are with the Father and the Son,
It is the hour, our souls possess
With your full flood of holiness.
Let flesh, and heart, and lips and mind,
Sound forth our witness to humankind;
And love light up our mortal frame,
Till others catch the living flame.
Grant this, O Father, ever One
With Christ, your sole begotten Son
And Holy Spirit we adore,
Reigning and blest forevermore. Amen.
Prayer of St.
Augustine (354-430 AD)
Breathe in me, O
Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may
be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but
what is holy.
Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that
is holy.
Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may
be holy. Amen.
Prayer for the
Indwelling of the Spirit
by Augustine of
Hippo (354-430 AD)
Holy Spirit,
powerful Consoler,
sacred Bond of the Father and the Son,
Hope of the afflicted,
descend into my heart and establish in it your
loving dominion.
Enkindle in my tepid soul the fire of your
Love
so that I may be wholly subject to you.
We believe that when you dwell in us,
you also prepare a dwelling for the Father and
the Son.
Deign, therefore, to come to me, Consoler of
abandoned souls,
and Protector of the needy.
Help the afflicted, strengthen the weak, a
nd support the wavering.
Come and purify me.
Let no evil desire take possession of me.
You love the humble and resist the proud.
Come to me, glory of the living, and hope of the
dying.
Lead me by your grace that I may always be
pleasing to you. Amen.
Come Creator
Spirit
hymn attributed to
Rabanus Maurus in the 9th century
(Pope John Paul II
said this prayer every day)
Come, Holy Spirit,
Creator blest,
and in our souls
take up Thy rest;
come with Thy grace
and heavenly aid
to fill the hearts
which Thou hast made.
O comforter, to Thee
we cry,
O heavenly gift of
God Most High,
O fount of life and
fire of love,
and sweet anointing
from above.
Thou in Thy sevenfold
gifts are known;
Thou, finger of
God's hand we own;
Thou, promise of the
Father, Thou
Who dost the tongue
with power imbue.
Kindle our sense
from above,
and make our hearts
o'erflow with love;
with patience firm
and virtue high
the weakness of our
flesh supply.
Far from us drive
the foe we dread,
and grant us Thy
peace instead;
so shall we not,
with Thee for guide,
turn from the path
of life aside.
Oh, may Thy grace on
us bestow
the Father and the
Son to know;
and Thee, through
endless times confessed,
of both the eternal
Spirit blest.
Now to the Father
and the Son,
Who rose from death,
be glory given,
with Thou, O Holy
Comforter,
henceforth by all in
earth and heaven. Amen.
We always praise along with the
Son and Father, the Holy Spirit,
which is of the same essence,
mighty, true, perfect, and hoily,
wo from nothing brought into existence everything that exists,
who acts through itself and shares rule with the other two,
in the same indestructible, boundless kingdom,
who is the first cause, the awesome Word of his selfhood.
And the same exalted Holy Spirit,
good ruler, who dispenses the gifts of the Father,
in praise of the name and the glory the only begotten Son,
who acted through the Laws and inspired the Prophets,
with the encouragement of your co-equal Son commissioned your apostles.
In the form of a dove you
appeared at the River Jordan,
for the greater glory of the one who had come,
shone forth in the writings of the evangelists,
created genius, strengthened the wise,
filled the teachers, blessed the kingdom,
assisted kings, appointed the guardians,
issued the decrees of salvation, granted talents, prepared atonement,
cleansed those baptized into Christ's death that you might dwell in
them
a sacrament performed jointly by the Father and Son with the Holy
Spirit,
who is God, honored as Lord, in all ways in all things.
Prayer to the Holy
Spirit
from the Orthodox
book of prayers
Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit
of Truth;
Present everywhere and filling all things.
Treasury of blessings and giver of life,
Come and abide in us.
Cleanse us from every stain
And save our souls, O Good One.
Fire of the Spirit
by Hildegard of
Bingen (1098-1179)
Fire of the Spirit,
life of the lives of creatures,
spiral of sanctity, bond of all natures,
glow of charity, lights of clarity,
taste of sweetness to sinners--
be with us and hear us.
Composer of all things,
light of all the risen,
key of salvation,
release from the dark prison,
hope of all unions, scope of chastities,
joy in the glory, strong honor--
be with us and hear us.
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