June 8, 2025
Solemnity of Pentecost
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Prelude: Come Down O Love Divine (RS 646)
Come down, O Love divine,
Seek now this soul of mine,
And visit it with your own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
Within my heart appear,
And kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.
O let it freely burn,
Till earthly passions turn
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
And let your glorious light
Shine ever on my sight,
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
And so the yearning strong,
With which the soul will long,
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace,
Till love creates the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes its dwelling.
Text: Discendi, Amor Santo ; Bianco da Siena, d.c. 1434; tr. by Richard F. Littledale, 1833-1890
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Entrance Hymn: Come, Holy Ghost (RS 648)
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,
And in our hearts take up thy rest;
Come with thy grace and heav’nly aid
To fill the hearts which thou hast made,
To fill the hearts which thou hast made.
O Comforter, to thee we cry,
Thou heav’nly gift of God most high;
Thou fount of life, and fire of love,
And sweet anointing from above,
And sweet anointing from above.
O Holy Ghost, through thee alone,
Know we the Father and the Son;
Be this our firm unchanging creed,
That thou dost from them both proceed,
That thou dost from them both proceed.
Praise we the Lord, Father and Son,
And Holy Spirit with them one;
And may the Son on us bestow
All gifts that from the Spirit flow,
All gifts that from the Spirit flow.
Text: Veni, Creator Spiritus ; attr. to Rabanus Maurus, 776-856; tr. by Edward Caswall, 1814-1878, alt.
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Scripture Readings (external link): Solemnity of Pentecost
Responsorial: Psalm 104
R: Lord, send out your spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
Sequence for Pentecost: (RS 1186)
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Preparation Hymn: Holy Spirit, Come to Us (RS 644)
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Communion Hymn: One Bread, One Body (RS 1027)
One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.
Gentile or Jew, servant or free,
woman or man no more.
Many the gifts, many the works,
one in the Lord of all.
Grain for the fields, scattered and grown,
gathered to one for all.
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:16; 17, 12:4, Galatians 3:28; the Didache 9;
John Foley, SJ, b.1939, © 1978, John B. Foley, SJ, and New Dawn Music. Published by OCP Publications.
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Concluding Hymn: Sing with All the Saints in Glory (RS 609)
Sing with all the saints in glory,
Sing the resurrection song!
Death and sorrow, earth’s dark story,
To the former days belong.
All around the clouds are breaking,
Soon the storms of time shall cease;
In God’s likeness, we awaken,
Knowing everlasting peace.
O what glory, far exceeding
All that eye has yet perceived!
Holiest hearts for ages pleading,
Never that full joy conceived.
God has promised, Christ prepares it,
There on high our welcome waits;
Ev’ry humble spirit shares it,
Christ has passed the eternal gates.
Life eternal! heav’n rejoices:
Jesus lives who once was dead;
Shout with joy, O deathless voices!
Child of God, lift up your head!
Patriarchs from distant ages,
Saints all longing for their heav’n,
Prophets, psalmists, seers, and sages,
All await the glory giv’n.
Life eternal! O what wonders
Crowd on faith; what joy unknown,
When, amidst earth’s closing thunders,
Saints shall stand before the throne!
O to enter that bright portal,
See that glowing firmament,
Know, with you, O God immortal,
Jesus Christ whom you have sent!
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:20; William J. Irons, 1812-1883, alt.
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Alternate Hymn: O Breathe On Me, O Breath of God (RS 649)
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Alternate Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus (RS 650)
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Alternate Hymn: O Spirit All-Embracing (RS 652)
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Alternate Hymn: Send Down the Fire (RS 653)
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Alternate Hymn: Jesus, Your Spirit in Us (RS 657)
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Alternate Hymn: Come, Holy Spirit, on Us Shine (RS 656)
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