Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts
Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of thy love.
℣. Send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created.
℟. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray.
O God, who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in his consolation. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Text: The Raccolta, translated by Ambrose St John (1910 edition), public domain.
In Latin
Veni, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende.
℣. Emitte Spiritum tuum et creabuntur.
℟. Et renovabis faciem terrae.
Oremus.
Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti, da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de eius semper consolatione gaudere. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
About this prayer
An antiphon from the Latin liturgy of Pentecost, followed by a verse based on Psalm 104:30 and the collect of the Pentecost Mass, found in early Latin sacramentaries. Catholics often pray it before study, work, meetings or an important decision, asking the Holy Spirit for light and wisdom.