Come, Holy Spirit


Come, Holy Ghost is a Roman Catholic prayer for guidance. It is discussed in Catechism of the Catholic Church 2670–2672.

The Holy Ghost Prayer

Or in Latin:

Emitte Spiritum tuum, et creabuntur.

Et renovabis faciem terrae.

Oremus.

Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti, da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de eius semper consolatione gaudere.

Lutheran Use

The prayer sees regular use as a canticle in the Nordic Lutheran Church of Sweden. Though rarely sung in regular worship, it is a standard part of the opening of clerical synods and during ordinations of priests, usually during the final rite, the vesting, after the newly ordained priest has completed their vows. In such cases it is usually sung first in the Latin original, followed by the Swedish translation.