Come Holy Spirit! Ancient Prayer #3

Come, Holy Spirit! Ancient Prayer #3.

THE HOLY SPIRIT: The Spirit of Glory; the Presence of God appearing in Shekinah glory through light, fire, and luminous cloud; God’s divine Presence on earth; the eternal life-giving Third Person of the Holy Trinity; the intimate bond of divine love and truth shared by God the Father and God the Son; the dynamic power of God offered to every human being on earth; the supernatural Presence in the Community of God who is personal without being material; the invisible creative force with divine intelligence who truly knows the mind of God from the inside; the Spirit of God who thus has all knowledge and is present everywhere in the universe; the sacred energy streaming forth from the Father and the Son, pouring love into our hearts (Romans 5:5), producing virtuous qualities in us (Galatians 5:22-23), and gradually transforming each believer into the image of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18).

“Oh love of Father and of Son,

Sacred source of every good,

Spirit Paraclete!

From the abyss of the Trinity,

Flow now river of love,

Into our inmost heart.

Sweet flame in every corner felt

Of our stony heart to melt

The ice of ill.

Breeze of gentle strength so warm,

Breathe all through us till we burn

With love that makes divine.

Through You are we with God at one,

And linked in heart together run

In covenant of love.”

(early medieval hymn, anonymous).