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| 'Piddingworth...where St. George's Cross is not yet banned.' --Mark Steyn |
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| Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. St. Augustine |
| VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS |
| Symbols Of The Holy Spirit Water. The symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit's action in Baptism. Anointing. The symbolism of anointing with oil also signifies the Holy Spirit, to the point of becoming a synonym for the Holy Spirit. Fire. While water signifies birth and the fruitfulness of life given in the Holy Spirit, fire symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit's actions. Cloud and light. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. The seal is a symbol close to that of anointing. "The Father has set his seal" on Christ and also seals us in him. The hand. Jesus heals the sick and blesses little children by laying hands on them. In his name the apostles will do the same. Even more pointedly, it is by the Apostles' imposition of hands that the Holy Spirit is given. The finger. "It is by the finger of God that [Jesus] cast out demons." If God's law was written on tablets of stone "by the finger of God," then the "letter from Christ" entrusted to the care of the apostles, is written "with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts." The hymn Veni Creator Spiritus invokes the Holy Spirit as the "finger of the Father's right hand." The dove. At the end of the flood, whose symbolism refers to Baptism, a dove released by Noah returns with a fresh olive-tree branch in its beak as a sign that the earth was again habitable. When Christ comes up from the water of his baptism, the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, comes down upon him and remains with him. The Spirit comes down and remains in the purified hearts of the baptized. To believe in the Holy Spirit is to profess that the Holy Spirit is one of the persons of the Holy Trinity, consubstantial with the Father and the Son: "with the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified." Excerpted from: The Catechism of the Catholic Church The Holy Spirit is the Person of Love in the life of God. He is also like a breath, an aspiration of infinite Love, from which we draw the breath of life. On the day of Pentecost the Divine Spirit communicated such an abundance of life to the whole Church that to symbolize it "there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they (the Apostles) were sitting." But it is also for us that the Holy Spirit has come, for the group in the Cenacle represented the whole Church. The Holy Spirit came to remain with the Church forever. This is the promise of Jesus Himself. He dwells in the Church permanently and unfailingly, performing in it without ceasing His action of life-giving and sanctification. He establishes the Church infallibly in the truth. It is He Who makes the Church blossom forth with a marvelous supernatural fruitfulness, for He brings to life and full fruition in Virgins, Martyrs, and Confessors those heroic virtues which are one of the marks of true sanctity. Blessed Abbot Columba Marmion, OSB |
| Veni, Creator Spiritus
mentes tuorum visita Imple superna gratia quae tu creasti pectora. Qui Paraclitus diceris, 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. Hostem repellas longius, pacemque duces protinus, ductore sic te praevio, vitemus omne noxium. Per te sciamus da Patrem, noscamus atque Filium, te utriusque Spiritum credamus omni tempore. Sit laus Patri cum Filio, Sancto simul Paraclito: nobisque mittat Filius charisma Sancti Spiritus. Amen. |
| Veni Creator Spiritus is a hymn normally sung in Gregorian Chant and is considered the "most famous of hymns." It was written by Rabanus Maurus in the 9th century. |
| The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit Wisdom Understanding Counsel Fortitude Knowledge Piety Fear of the Lord |
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| Come, Creator, Spirit,
visit the souls of your own; fill with heavenly grace the breasts that you have created You who are called Paraclete, gift of the most high God, living water, flame, charity, and spiritual annointing; You who are sevenfold in your gift, finger of God's right hand, you who were rightly promised by the Father, enrich our throats with speech. Inflame the light of our senses, pour love into our hearts, the weakness of our bodies strengthen with lasting power. Drive the enemy far back, and at once grant us peace; with you going ahead of us, may we avoid all harm. Through you may we know the Father and recognize the Son; and may we always believe in you, Spirit of both. To God the Father be glory, to the Son who is risen and to the Spirit, the Paraclete, For ages unending. Amen. |
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