Come, Thou Holy Paraclete (Veni Sancte Spiritus)

Sequence for the Feast of Pentecost.

Video created by St. Patrick Orthodox Church in Bealeton, VA, and Church of the Advent in Atlanta, GA, parishes in the Western Rite Vicariate of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church. Email [email protected] for a pdf of the transcription in this video.

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1. Come, thou Holy Paraclete,
and from thy celestial seat
send thy light and brilliancy.

Father of the poor, draw near;
giver of all gifts, be near:
come, the soul's true radiancy.

2. Come, of comforters, the best
of the soul the sweetest guest,
come in toil refreshingly.

Thou in labor rest most sweet,
thou art shadow from the heat,
comfort in adversity.

3. O thou light most pure and blest,
shine within the inmost breast
of thy faithful company.

Where thou art not, man hath nought;
ev'ry holy need and thought
comes from thy divinity.

4. What is soiled, make thou pure;
what is wounded, work its cure;
what is parched, fructify.

What is rigid, gently bend;
what is frozen, warmly tend;
strengthen what goes erringly.

5. Fill thy faithful, who confide
in thy pow’r to guard and guide,
with thy sev’n-fold mystery.

Here thy grace and virtue send;
grant salvation in the end,
and in heav’n felicity.
Amen. Alleluia.