PENTECOST NOVENA — Day 4 | THE DAILY FEAST

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Monday (Sixth 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.

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

~And You will renew the face of the Earth, alleluia!

Hymn for Novena to the Holy Spirit

Come down-, O Spi-rit, Love- Divine,

And fill the hearts- that you– have made;

Convert–, transform and pu–rify

The souls– of all- who- ask– your aid.

As Pa-raclete- you com-fort us,

O Gift of God-, sent by– our Lord;

Eternal fount– of bur–ning zeal,

Life’s heal–ing oint-ment- and– reward.

O friends-, lift up- your hearts- and souls

To praise the Bles-sed Tri–nity;

And beg the Word– to send– to us

The Spi–rit of- Di-vi–nity. Amen.

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

PSALMODY

Antiphon

The Counselor, whom the Abba will send in my name,

will teach you everything, and will call to mind all that I have told you. Alleluia, Alleluia!

Psalm 145/146

My soul, sing praise to Adonai

I will praise Adonai all my days;

make music to my God while I live.

Never depend on rulers:

born of earth, they cannot save.

They die and turn to dust.

and all their plans simply crumble.

They are wise who depend on God,

who look to the Adonai of Jacob,

creator of heaven and earth

maker of the teeming sea.

Adonai keeps faith forever,

and is just to all who are oppressed,

the One who gives bread to the hungry

and sets all the prisoners free.

Adonai gives sight to the blind,

raises those whose bodies are bent,

protects refugees and strangers,

upholds and comforts widows and orphans.

Adonai is One who loves the just

and blocks the path of the wicked.

Adonai will reign forever

Sion’s God from one generation to the next.

Glory to the ONE through the WORD

In the BREATH of Love!

As always before,

so now and evermore. Amen

The Counselor, whom the Abba will send in my name,

will teach you everything, and will call to mind all that I have told you. Alleluia, Alleluia!

READING ACTS 19: 6-8

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance,
telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them,

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 have manifested your Name

to the ones whom you have given to me.

I pray now for them, not for the world, for I am coming to 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 have manifested your Name

to the ones whom you have given to me.

I pray now for them, not for the world, for I am coming to 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: