PENTECOST NOVENA — Day 7 | THE DAILY FEAST

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Third Day before Pentecost

Invitation to Worship

Christ, our Love, who promised to send

us the Holy Spirit, Come, let us adore. Alleluia!

O Holy One,+ open my lips.

~And my mouth will proclaim your praise.

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, alleluia;

~And kindle in us the fire of your love, alleluia!

Hymn for Novena to the Holy Spirit

Flood our- dull sense- with your- light;

In mutual love- our hearts– unite,

Your pow’r– the whole crea–tion fills;

Confirm– our weak-, un-cer–tain wills.

From inner strife grant us release;

Turn nations to the ways of peace,

To fuller life your people bring

That as one body we may sing:

Praise to- the Ab-ba, Christ- the Word,

And to their Spi-rit, as– we’ve heard;

To whom– all honor, glo–ry be

Both now– and for- e-ter–nity. Amen,

_{Text: VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS; tr. John Grant, alt. Tune: VENI CREATOR}

PSALMODY

Antiphon

Let my mouth be filled with your praise, alleluia!

that I may sing, alleluia. My lips shall shout for joy

as I sing your praises, Alleluia!

Psalm 98/99

Adonai reigns from the cherubim throne,

nations tremble and the Earth shakes!

Adonai in Zion is great

high above all the peoples;

Praise the great and wonderful Name:

Holy and mighty is our God!

O mighty Ruler and Lover of justice,

you strengthen the upright and secure equity for Jacob.

We bow down to worship and praise you:

Holy and mighty is our God!

Among your priests were Aaron and Moses,

among those who invoked you was Samuel.

They called out and you heard them;

and spoke from the pillar of cloud.

They did your will and kept the law

which you, Adonai, had given.

Exalt and bow before Adonai

give praise in the holy place:

“Holy and Mighty is our God!”

Glory to the ONE through the WORD

In the BREATH of Love!

As always before,
so now and evermore. Amen

Let my mouth be filled with your praise, alleluia!

that I may sing “alleluia.” My lips shall shout for joy

as I sing your praises, Alleluia!

READING Romans 8:10-11
If Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you.

Responsory

R. I will send the Comforter to you, the Spirit of truth, alleluia, alleluia!

V. The Spirit will declare to you the things that are to come * alleluia, alleluia!

V. Glory to the Abba and the Word and the Holy Breath of Love.

Canticle of Zachariah

Antiphon

Abba, I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
that all may be one, as you are in me and I in you, Alleluia!

Blessed + be Adonai, the God of Israel,

Who visits this people to set us free

Raising for us a sign of salvation

In the house and family of David.

God promised throughout past ages

In words of holy prophets

To save us from our enemies,

And from the control of our oppressors.

Adonai favored our ancestors

And remembered the sacred covenant.

The pledge to Abraham and Sarah

Is now renewed for us;

That freed from the grip of our foes

We might worship without fear

And be both just and holy

For the rest of our days.

And you, child, called “prophet of the Most High,”

Will go ahead to prepare the way,

By teaching this people of salvation

Through forgiveness of their sins.

For the loving compassion of the Holy One

As the Rising Sun will shine upon us

To illumine the darkness and dispel death’s shadow

To guide our feet on the way of peace.

Glory to the ONE and to the WORD

And to the BREATH of Love!

As always before,

so now and evermore. Amen

Abba, I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
that all may be one, as you are in me and I in you, Alleluia!

SERVICE OF PRAYER

Litany of Intercession

Let us pray that the Risen and Ascended Christ

place in us the gifts of his Spirit and the power of his love: