Come Holy Spirit

The Feast of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-11

Psalm 104

1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13

The Sequence

John 20:19-23

COME

Come, come closer, be near to me

Come…I must ask out loud

because I don’t possess you

At times I may think I do

But sure enough that is a sure sign that it is NOT you

If we are to be close

It will be the other way around

You will possess me

HOLY SPIRIT

Paraclete

Lawyer for the defense

Advocate

Guide

Consoler

Or to steal the words of the Pentecost Sequence:

Greatest comforter,

sweet guest of the soul,

sweet consolation.

In labour, rest,

in heat, temperance,

in tears, solace.

FILL

That is what strong driving winds do

They fill

Push through to all the nooks and crannies

I’ve been working at clearing the space

Come…fill it all up

THE HEARTS

Bend the stubborn heart and will

The heart of the matter

That is where acts of the will begin

Heal

Strengthen

Soften

Wash

Melt what is frozen

Warm what is chilled

Guide what wanders aimlessly

OF YOUR FAITHFUL

May I manifest the fruits

Love

Joy

Patience

Kindness

Generosity

Faithfulness

Gentleness

Self-Control

And in my questioning

May I discern fruitfulness

With these as my barometer

Does that interest

make me a more generous person?

Does speaking that way

add to the Gentleness of the world around me?

Does that habit

exhibit self-control such that life is ordered to love?

Always harder than it sounds…

Come Holy Spirit,

fill the hearts of your faithful

and kindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.

And You shall renew the face of the earth