THE WEAKNESS OF OUR FLESH SUPPLY
Come, O Creator Spirit blest,
And in our souls take up Thy rest;
Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid,
To fill the hearts which Thou has made.
Great Paraclete, to Thee we cry,
O highest Gift of God most high!
O Fount of life, O Fire of love!
And sweet Anointing from above!
Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known;
The finger of God's hand, we own,
The promise of the Father, Thou!
Who dost the tongue with pow'r 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 time confess'd
Oh both th'eternal Spirit blest.
All glory while the age run
Be to the Father and the Son
Who rose from death, the same to Thee,
Oh Holy Ghost, eternally!
Amen.
This invocation is known as, Veni Creator Spiritus, and we may offer it in preparation for Pentecost with falls on May 31st.
Veni, Creator Spiritus, mentes tuorum visita, imple superna gratia quae tu creasti pectora.
ReplyDeleteQui diceris Paraclitus, altissima donum Dei, fons vivus, ignis, caritas, et spiritalis unctio.
Tu, septiformis munere, digitus paternae dexterae, Tu rite promissum Patris, sermone ditans guttura.
Accende lumen sensibus: infunde amorem cordibus: infirma nostri corporis virtute firmans perpeti.
Hostem repellas longius, pacemque dones protinus: ductore sic te praevio vitemus omne noxium.
Per te sciamus da Patrem, noscamus atque Filium; Teque utrisque Spiritum credamus omni tempore.
Deo Patri sit gloria, et Filio, qui a mortuis surrexit, ac Paraclito, in saeculorum saecula. Amen.
Dear Frank, Thank you so much - the Veni Creator Spiritus in Latin is AWESOME - well done for putting it here. Now the English version and the Latin version are togeher. God bless you, dear friend!
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