PENTECOST NOVENA — Day 8 | THE DAILY FEAST

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Recorded in the Couvent des Dominicaines du Sainte Famille, Fanjeaux, France

Christ our Light!

~Thanks be to God!

Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created, alleluia!

~And you shall renew the face of Mother Earth, alleluia!

Hymn for Novena to the Holy Spirit

Come down, O Spirit, Love Divine,

And fill the hearts that you have made;

Convert, transform and purify

The souls of all who ask your aid.

Baptismal grace brought you to dwell

In mortal temples, hearts of clay;

Depose the idols throned therein

And prompt us by your grace to pray.

As Paraclete you comfort us,

O Gift of God, sent by our Lord;

Eternal fount of burning zeal,

Life’s healing ointment and reward

_{Text: VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS; tr. Frank Quinn, OP, alt. Tune: VENI CREATOR}

SERVICE OF THE WORD

PSALMODY

Antiphon

John Baptized with water, but

you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit, Alleluia, Alleluia!

All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,

and your friends shall repeat their blessing.

They shall speak of the glory of your reign

and declare your might, O God,

Let them make known to all

your might and your glorious reign.

Your dominion lasts forever

your rule for all generations.

You are faithful in all your words

and loving in all your deeds.

You support those who have fallen

and raise all those who are bowed down.

The eyes of all creatures look to you

and you give them their food in due season.

You open wide your hand

to feed all living things.

Most just in all your ways

most loving in every deed.

You are near to all who call

who cry out from their hearts.

You grant them their desires,

hear their cry and save them.

You protect and keep alive

All who strive to love.

Let me sing the praise of my Love

let all creatures bless the holy Name,

as always before,

so now and evermore. Amen.

John Baptized with water, but

you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit, Alleluia, Alleluia!

READING Romans 8:1-2

There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

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.

GOSPEL CANTICLE

Antiphon

As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world,

and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too

may be consecrated in truth. Alleluia!

Canticle of Mary

My heart + is radiant with the Lord,

My whole being delights in God my Savior.

All people now will call me blessed

For God has loved this humble handmaid.

The Almighty has shown me great favor

Holy is the NAME,

Whose mercy embraces the faithful,

From one generation to the next.

The mighty arm of God,

Scatters the proud in their own conceit,

Pulls tyrants from their thrones

While lifting up the lowly:

Fills the famished with bounty,

And reveals the emptiness of riches.

Rescues lowly Israel,

Sharing such loving kindness,

As promised to our ancestors

To Abraham and Sarah, and their descendants forever.

Glory to the One and to the Word

And to the Breath of Love

As always before

So now and evermore. Amen

As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world,

and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too

may be consecrated in truth. 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: