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Come, Thou holy Paraclete, And from Thy celestial seat Send Thy light and brilliancy.	Where Thou art not, man hath naught; Ev'ry holy deed and thought Comes from Thy divinity.
Father of the poor, draw near, Giver of all gifts, be here, Come, the soul's true radiancy.	What is soiled, make Thou pure; What is wounded, work its cure; What is parched, fructify.
Come, of comforters the best, Of the soul the sweetest guest, Come in toil refreshingly.	What is rigid, gently bend; What is frozen, warmly tend; Strengthen what goes erringly.
Thou in labor rest most sweet, Thou art shadow from the heat, Comfort in adversity.	Fill Thy faithful, who confide In Thy power to guard and guide, With Thy sevenfold mystery.
O Thou light, most pure and blest, Shine within the inmost breast Of Thy faithful company.	Here Thy grace and mercy send; Grant salvation in the end, And in Heaven felicity. Amen. —Sequence for Pentecost

Pentecost Features
Prayer A Chaplet of the Holy Spirit Holy Year Pope John Paul II's Prayer to the Holy Spirit for the second year of preparation for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 Gifts The Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Fr. William Most Dominum et Vivificantem An excerpt from Pope John Paul II's Encyclical, Lord and Giver of Life Divinum Illud Munus Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII On the Holy Spirit Hymn Veni, Creator Spiritus, Come Holy Spirit, Creator Blest Ascension Taken from The Liturgical Year by Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.