Veni Creator Spiritus

Veni, creator Spiritus
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia,
quae tu creasti pectora.

Qui diceris Paraclitus,
altissimi donum Dei,
fons vivus, ignis, caritas
et spiritalis unctio.

Tu septiformis munere,
digitus paternae dexterae
tu rite promissum Patris
sermone ditans guttura.

Accende lumen sensibus,
infunde amorem cordibus,
infirma nostri corporis,
virtute firmans perpeti.

Hostem repellas longius
pacemque dones protinus;
ductore sic te praevio
vitemus omne noxium.

Per te sciamus da Patrem
noscamus atque Filium,
te utriusque Spiritum
credamus omni tempore.

Deo Patri sit gloria,
et Filio qui a mortuis
Surrexit, ac Paraclito,
in saeculorum saecula.
Amen.

Veni Sancte Spiritus

Though We Are Many

Though We Are Many
(Bernard Sexton)

Chorus:
Though we are many, we are one body,
we who come to share this living bread;
Cup of salvation, shared among all nations,
nourishing us now and evermore.

Verse 1:
We gather in this place
round the table of the Lord.
Christ’s presence is revealed
in our communion and his Living Word.

Verse 2:
Now our communion recalls
Christ’s death and resurrection.
This living sacrifice
is our salvation now and evermore.

Verse 3:
And through this shared Eucharist
we are the living Church.
We witness to Christ’s love
His living body active in our world.

Verse 4:
This bread unites the baptised
who are called to this great feast.
The feast, a sign of God's love,
a great communion with the saints above.

Verse 5:
And when we leave here today
with hearts renewed in joy,
So nourished, we will embrace
the challenge now to live the Christian call.

Verse 6:
As Patrick prophet of old
trod the path we tread today,
so we proclaim the Good News
and share the living message with joy