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Come down, O Holy Spirit,
who breaks the dark of night,
shed your light upon this world.
Come, you who love the poor,
come, giver of good gifts,
come, light of every heart.
Greatest comforter in time,
Guest who gladdens heart and mind,
sweet refreshment in distress,
in unrest you grant us rest,
breath of coolness in the heat,
solace in grief and death.
Come, O most blessed light,
fill our hearts and faces,
penetrate to the depths of the soul.
Without your living breath
nothing in man can endure,
nothing can be whole or sound.
Wash what is stained,
pour life into what is parched,
heal where sickness torments.
Warm what is cold and hard,
thaw what is frozen,
guide what has gone astray.
Give to the people who trust in you,
who build upon your help,
your gifts as their guide.
Let them endure through time,
see the fulfillment of your salvation
and the eternity of joys. Amen.
Pentecost Sequence, c. 1200, attributed to Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, translation by Maria Luise Thurmair and Markus Jenny 1971
Taken from here: https://www.dioezese-linz.at/dl/OLtLJKJKNOnloJqx4KJK/Pfingstsequenz-neu2_pdf
