Veni, Creator Spiritus
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia,
quae tu creasti pectora.
Qui diceris Paraclitus,
donum Dei altissimi,
fons vivus, ignis, caritas,
et spiritalis unctio.
Tu septiformis munere,
dextrae Dei tu digitus,
tu rite promissum Patris,
sermone ditans guttura.
Accende lumen sensibus,
infunde amorem cordibus,
infirma nostri corporis
virtute firmans perpeti.
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
– Blessed Rabanus Maurus, OSB B (AC)
Born at Mainz, Germany, c. 776-784; died at Winkel, Germany, 856.
A text for reflection
from the Salvatorian Charter:
Lived in the real world, our personal and communal spirituality is rooted in our experience of God the Father. Jesus Christ, who came to give life to all, is the Source and the Center of our spirituality. With Mary, His mother, we bear to others the Savior we have come to know ourselves. The Holy Spirit guides and enlightens us along the way.
May the holy spirit come to all of us
and take place in all parts of our life
– this we wish all of you
The General Committee
of the Int’l Community of the Divine Savior