Litany of the Holy Spirit

Posted on | May 30, 2009
by | Kim, Obl.O.S.B

As tomorrow is Pentecost, I wanted to post this beautiful Litany of the Holy Spirit I found on EWTN’s Pentecost section:

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.

Father all-powerful, have mercy on us.
Jesus, Eternal Son of the Father, Redeemer of the world, save us.
Spirit of the Father and the Son, boundless life of both, sanctify us. Holy Trinity, hear us.

Holy Spirit, Who proceedest from the Father and the Son, enter our hearts.
Holy Spirit, Who art equal to the Father and the Son, enter our hearts.

Promise of God the Father, have mercy on us.
Ray of heavenly light, have mercy on us.
Author of all good, [etc.]
Source of heavenly water Consuming fire
Ardent charity
Spiritual unction
Spirit of love and truth
Spirit of wisdom and understanding
Spirit of counsel and fortitude
Spirit of knowledge and piety
Spirit of the fear of the Lord
Spirit of grace and prayer
Spirit of peace and meekness
Spirit of modesty and innocence
Holy Spirit, the Comforter
Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier
Holy Spirit, Who governest the Church
Gift of God, the Most High
Spirit Who fillest the universe
Spirit of the adoption of the children of God

Holy Spirit, inspire us with horror of sin.
Holy Spirit, come and renew the face of the earth.
Holy Spirit, shed Thy light in our souls.
Holy Spirit, engrave Thy law in our hearts.
Holy Spirit, inflame us with the flame of Thy love.
Holy Spirit, open to us the treasures of Thy graces.
Holy Spirit, teach us to pray well.
Holy Spirit, enlighten us with Thy heavenly inspirations.
Holy Spirit, lead us in the way of salvation.
Holy Spirit, grant us the only necessary knowledge.
Holy Spirit, inspire in us the practice of good.
Holy Spirit, grant us the merits of all virtues.
Holy Spirit, make us persevere in justice.
Holy Spirit, be Thou our everlasting reward.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Send us Thy Holy Spirit.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
pour down into our souls the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
grant us the Spirit of wisdom and piety.

V. Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of Thy faithful,
R. And enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.

Let us pray. Grant, O merciful Father, that Thy Divine Spirit may enlighten, inflame and purify us, that He may penetrate us with His heavenly dew and make us fruitful in good works, through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who with Thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, liveth and reigneth, one God, forever and ever.

R. Amen.

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2 Responses to “Litany of the Holy Spirit”

KLT
June 1st, 2009 @ 7:32 pm

This would have made more sense on one of your conversion story posts, but the comment field was left off…

How did you go about studying the Scriptures and different denominations?
What would you suggest to someone is believes, but is desperately trying to find out which church our Father wants us in?

There are so many denominations out there, how do you keep from being overwhelmed?

Thank you for your help!
Kim
June 2nd, 2009 @ 3:26 pm

Hi KLT,

My apologies for having the comments off on my conversion posts. I was on a mini retreat from comments, so that’s why they were off!

For me, coming from a Protestant background; I saw a lot of disunity and discord and couldn’t imagine that Christ came to establish so many different churches (denominations). I studied some denominations, such as the Lutheranism that I left; but it just didn’t make sense. This did get me pretty frustrated, to say the least.

I did look at the origins of the Bible. It obviously didn’t fall from the sky in the 17th century. The original texts weren’t in English as well, I knew that much. I looked at the history of it, to see where it came from. Someone had to determine which is Inspired by God and which isn’t. I then concluded that obviously, God would be involved. He would make sure that His Words were kept and preserved in their form, not added, removed or anything like that. Since He cannot deceive nor be deceived, I felt (and still feel) quite comfortable in that kind of assurance!

I also prayed a lot, a lot a lot a lot, and made a promise to the Father that I would follow Him anywhere He wanted me to, to the ends of the earth, regardless of what it cost me. This required me (personally) to put away a lot of anti-Catholic stuff I was taught growing up and to just go through bit by bit, what I had heard about Catholicism (and Mormonism, and Judaism) and find out, from the horse’s mouth – so to speak – what the TRUTH was. There were things in Judaism I couldn’t not believe in (Jesus Christ) and things in Mormonism I couldn’t believe in (Joseph Smith’s vision, for starters). The more I found about Catholicism, the more I found in the Bible, the more I found in the Early Church Fathers, the more I was convinced the Catholic Church is Truth, and is the One Christ left until He comes again.

I hope that helps! God bless you, and you are in my prayers!