Ave Maria,
As we celebrate Pentecost, may we call down the Holy Spirit with the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate!
| VENI, Sancte Spiritus, et emitte caelitus lucis tuae radium. |
COME, Holy Ghost, send down those beams, which sweetly flow in silent streams from Thy bright throne above. |
| Veni, pater pauperum, veni, dator munerum veni, lumen cordium. |
O come, Thou Father of the poor; O come, Thou source of all our store, come, fill our hearts with love. |
| Consolator optime, dulcis hospes animae, dulce refrigerium. |
O Thou, of comforters the best, O Thou, the soul’s delightful guest, the pilgrim’s sweet relief. |
| In labore requies, in aestu temperies in fletu solatium. |
Rest art Thou in our toil, most sweet refreshment in the noonday heat; and solace in our grief. |
| O lux beatissima, reple cordis intima tuorum fidelium. |
O blessed Light of life Thou art; fill with Thy light the inmost heart of those who hope in Thee. |
| Sine tuo numine, nihil est in homine, nihil est innoxium. |
Without Thy Godhead nothing can, have any price or worth in man, nothing can harmless be. |
| Lava quod est sordidum, riga quod est aridum, sana quod est saucium. |
Lord, wash our sinful stains away, refresh from heaven our barren clay, our wounds and bruises heal. |
| Flecte quod est rigidum, fove quod est frigidum, rege quod est devium. |
To Thy sweet yoke our stiff necks bow, warm with Thy fire our hearts of snow, our wandering feet recall. |
| Da tuis fidelibus, in te confidentibus, sacrum septenarium. |
Grant to Thy faithful, dearest Lord, whose only hope is Thy sure word, the sevenfold gifts of grace. |
| Da virtutis meritum, da salutis exitum, da perenne gaudium, Amen, Alleluia. |
Grant us in life Thy grace that we, in peace may die and ever be, in joy before Thy face. Amen. Alleluia. |
