Come Forth, Creative Spirit! Prayer Review 5 stars

Come Forth, Creative Spirit! Prayer Review 5 stars 

Come, creative spirit,

Visit the soul of your worshipers

And fill our hearts with your divine grace,

Fill the hearts that you created.

You are our only consolation,

Gift of the lord most highest,

The source of life, fire, charity

And spiritual union.

Holy Ghost, pour over us your seven gifts;

You are the finger of god;

You are the Father’s promised one;

You, who placed in our tongue the gift of your Word.

Enlighten our senses with your glow;

Fill our hearts with your love;

And with your perpetual help

Turn our weak flesh to iron.

Keep away our enemies,

Give us peace, quickly,

Be yourself, our guide,

And keep us away from harm.

Thanks you, we know the Father,

And also the Son,

And you, the spirit that dwells within both,

We believe in you all the time.

Glory to the God the Father,

And his son who resurrected,

And his consoling spirit,

Till the ends of times, Amen.

The Short Version:

Let us pray,

Oh God, who has illuminated the hearts of your children with the light of the Holy Spirit; make us docile to your Spirit so that we may always do good deeds. Let us, forever feel his consoling presence. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Brief Overview:

I find it interesting that people rarely pray to the Holy Spirit. One hears most often, prayers to the Father, the Virgin Mary or the Son. The key issue is that the only sin that the Pope cannot forgive is a Sin against the Holy Spirit. For this reason, he seems to be a bit unapproachable. The second reason is that he is the most impersonal of all the members of the Trinity.

He does serve some key roles, in addition to the other functions carried out by both the Father and the Son. For example, his Spirit allowed for the Apostles to speak in tongues. Meaning that their words where understood by people from different nations, who spoke different languages. As such, the Holy Spirit is a good source of knowledge.

Therefore, many of the Holy Ghost related prayers ask him for knowledge. I think that is enough of an overview on this prayer. Frankly, I choose it because it was the late Pope John Paul the II’s favorite prayer. He started praying it since he was eleven years old. His father recommended it to him when the Pope was having a hard time learning math.  Therefore, if you are a having hard time learning something say this prayer.