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Nunc, Sancte, nobis, Spiritus

1 min

Come Holy Ghost who ever One

Art with the Father and the Son,

It is the hour, our souls possess

With thy full flood of holiness.

Let flesh and heart and lips and mind

Sound forth our witness to mankind;

And love light up our mortal frame,

Till others catch the living flame.

Almighty Father, hear our cry,

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High,

Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,

Doth live and reign eternally.

Amen.

Nunc, Sancte, nobis, Spíritus,

Unum Patri cum Fílio,

Dignáre promptus íngeri

Nostro refúsus péctori.

Os, lingua, mens, sensus, vigor

Confessiónem pérsonent.

Flamméscat igne cáritas,

Accéndat ardor próximos.

Praesta, Pater piíssime,

Patríque compar Únice,

Cum Spíritu Paráclito

Regnans per omne saéculum.

Amen.

About this prayer

*Come now, Holy Spirit* — the hymn of Terce, the third hour, when the Spirit came down upon the Apostles.

History

Traditionally attributed to St. Ambrose. Sung every day at Terce in the Roman Breviary.

*Breviarium Romanum*, via [Divinum Officium](https://www.divinumofficium.com)

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