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Hymn for Whitsunday
Staff Notation • Sacred, Hymns
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Hymn for Whitsunday by Benjamin Carr — Lyrics
Veni, Creator Spiritus,
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia,
quae tu creasti pectora.
Qui diceris Paraclitus,
donum Dei altissimi,
fons vivus, ignis, caritas,
et spiritalis unctio.
Tu septiformis munere,
dextrae Dei tu digitus,
tu rite promissum Patris,
sermone ditans guttura.
Accende lumen sensibus,
infunde amorem cordibus,
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About Hymn for Whitsunday
This hymn for Whitsunday opens with a fervent invocation of the Holy Spirit, a plea for divine guidance and filling with grace. The text petitions the Spirit as the Paraclete, the gift of God, living water, fire, love, and spiritual unction. It asks that the Spirit illuminate the senses, infuse love into hearts, and strengthen the frail body with enduring virtue. The composer Benjamin Carr sets this powerful Latin text for STB voices. The hymn concludes with a doxology praising God the Father, the Son, and the Paraclete, appropriate for Pentecost.
