# Come, Creator Spirit (Veni Creator Spiritus) Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest; come with Thy grace and heavenly aid to fill the hearts which Thou hast made. O comforter, to Thee we cry, O heavenly gift of God Most High, O fount of life and fire of love, and sweet anointing from above. Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known; Thou, finger of God's hand we own; Thou, promise of the Father, Thou Who dost the tongue with power imbue. Kindle our sense 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 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. Now to the Father and the Son, Who rose from death, be glory given, with Thou, O Holy Comforter, henceforth by all in earth and heaven. Amen. O comforter, to Thee we cry, O heavenly gift of God Most High, O fount of life and fire of love, and sweet anointing from above. Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known; Thou, finger of God's hand we own; Thou, promise of the Father, Thou Who dost the tongue with power imbue. Kindle our sense 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 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. Now to the Father and the Son, Who rose from death, be glory given, with Thou, O Holy Comforter, henceforth by all in earth and heaven. Amen. --- # **Veni Creator Spiritus** **English Title: Come, Creator Spirit** ## **Latin (Original Hymn)** Veni, Creator Spiritus, mentes tuorum visita, imple superna gratia quae tu creasti pectora. Qui diceris Paraclitus, altissimi 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; te utriusque Spiritum credamus omni tempore. Deo Patri sit gloria, et Filio, qui a mortuis surrexit, ac Paraclito, in saeculorum saecula. Amen. --- Source: [[enchiridion-indulgentiarum|Enchiridion Indulgentiarum]], 4th ed. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1999. Indulgence: This prayer is indulgenced according to the Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, concessio 26 § 1 1°; concessio 26 § 2 (Veni Creator Spiritus). Apostolic Penitentiary, Vatican. See: [[ei-la-07#Preces Supplicationis Et Gratiarum Actionis]] <!-- prayer-nav --> --- ← [[unfailing-prayer-to-st-antony|Unfailing Prayer to Saint Anthony]] | [[holy-spirit-prayers|🕊️ Prayers to the Holy Spirit]] | [[veni-sancte-spiritus-pentecost|Veni Sancte Spiritus (Pentecost Sequence)]] →