Come Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit

Veni Creator (Latin)

V - Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful.

R - And kindle in them the fire of your love.

V - Send forth your spirit and they shall be created.

R - And you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray, O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of your faithful; grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolation. Through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.

I. Veni, Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita, Imple superna gratia, Quae Tu creasti pectora.

Come, Creator, Spirit, visit the souls of your own; fill with heavenly grace the breasts that you have created

II. Qui diceris Paraclitus, Altissimi donum Dei, Fons Vivus, Ignis, Caritas, Et spiritalis unctio.

You who are called Paraclete, gift of the most high God, living water, flame, charity,
and spiritual anointing;

III. Tu septiformis munere, Digitus paternae dexterae, Tu rite promissum Patris Sermone ditans guttura.

You who are sevenfold in your gift, finger of God's right hand, you who were rightly promised by the Father, enrich our throats with speech.

IV. Accende lumen sensibus, Infunde amorem cordibus; Infirma nostri corporis, Virtute firmans perpeti

Inflame the light of our senses, pour love into our hearts, the weakness of our bodies strengthen with lasting power.

V. Hostem repellas longius, Pacemque dones protinus; Ductore sic te previo, Vitemus omne noxium.

Drive the enemy far back, and at once grant us peace; with you going ahead of us,
may we avoid all harm.

VI. Per te sciamus da Patrem, Noscamus atque Filium Teque utriusque Spiritum, Credamus omni tempore.

Through you may we know the Father and recognize the Son; and may we always believe in you, Spirit of both.

VII. Deo Patri sit gloria, Et Filio, qui a mortuis Surrexit, ac Paraclito, In saeculorum saecula. Amen.

To God the Father be glory, and to the Son, who from death rose again, and to the Holy Spirit, for all ages. Amen.

Composed by an Unknown Author in the Ninth Century
This translation is as close as possible to the original Latin and is also largely based on Dom Wilmart's verse translation into French.

Veni Creator

Come, 0 Creator Spirit blest!
And in our souls take up thy rest;
Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid,
To fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
Great Paraclete! To Thee we cry,
O highest gift of God most high!
O font of life! 0 fire of love!
And sweet anointing from above.
Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts art known,
The finger of God’s hand we own;
The promise of the Father, Thou!
Who dost the tongue with power endow.
Kindle our senses ‘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 true 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.
All glory while the ages run
Be to the Father and the Son
Who rose from death; the same to Thee,
O Holy Ghost, eternally. Amen.

The traditional translation