February 5, 2018
Come, Holy Spirit, Creator, come.
From your bright heavenly throne!
Come, take possession of our souls,
And make them all Your Own!
O guide our minds with your blessed light,
With love our hearts inflame,
And with your strength, which never decays,
Confirm our mortal frame.
Far from us drive our hellish foe,
True peace to us bring,
And through all perils guide us safe
Beneath your sacred wing.
Through You may we know the Father.
Through You the Eternal Son
And You the Spirit of them both
Bless us Three in One.
Now to the Father, and the Son
Who rose from death, be glory given,
With You, O holy Comforter,
Henceforth by all in earth and heaven.
Amen.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.