SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST (A, B, C) Lectionary #63C

Since it is the final feast of the Great Fifty Days, how does Pentecost complete Easter?

Acts 2:1-11. The Spirit fills the disciples and sends them out to preach to the whole world. God's Spirit, like God's love (see the commentary on the second reading for the Seventh Sunday of Easter) is missionary; it impels us beyond ourselves and our own concerns.

Psalm of the Day: Ps (103) 104

A hymn of praise to the Creator who also sustains the whole of creation especially through the gift of water (verses 10-18 and 27-35). See the commentary on the water imagery used at the Easter Vigil.

Envía Tu Espíritu (Taulé) FYC 249

Envía Tu Espíritu/Send Forth Your Spirit (Florián) Cantos 71/WC 238

Envía Tu Espíritu, Señor (García) FYC 251

Envía Tu Espíritu, Señor (Rubalcava) FYC 250/GP 255

Envía Tu Espíritu, Señor/O Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Peña) JS 87

God, Send Out Your Spirit (Foley) PCY7 41

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Balhoff et al) PCY6 46

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Blunt) WC 409/WS

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (della Picca) PRM C65/PMB 636

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Gibson) CCS 3878

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Guimont) LP 63

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Haas) LMGM 524/PCY1 53

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Harbor) LMGM 523

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Hunnicutt) SO 39/PRM C64/PMB 635

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Janco) GIA 3606

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Kreutz) PSC 24/JS 85

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Lisicky) GC 101/RS 146

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Olawski) JS 708/MI-BB/SP5 58

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Peloquin) RS 144

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Proulx/Gelineau) WOR 846/RS 145/LPGG 861

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Schiavone) LP 85/JS 941

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Smith) CCS 2122

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Willcock) PFS 34

Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Zsigray) GP 253

Send Forth Your Spirit (Walker) MI-BB/JS 86/SP1 69/GP 254

Send Forth Your Spirit (Walker/Murray) CBW 107

Send Forth You Spirit (Warner) WC 410/WS 315

Send Out Your Spirit (Schoenbachler) MI-BB/JS 465/SP2 50/GP 409

Romans 8:8-17. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in us. All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

Sequence

As is the case with the “Victimae Paschali” at Easter, the Pentecost sequence “Veni, Sancte Spiritus” is a required part of the Pentecost liturgy. It is designed to be a hymn that stands on its own, but it could certainly be sung as the accompaniment to a procession with the Gospel Book (and incense) that moves through the congregation to the place where the Word will be proclaimed, if the space permits such movement.

By the Waking of Our Hearts MI-BB/JS 454

Come, Holy Spirit, Come PRM B67/BB/JS 464

Come, Holy Spirit, on Us Shine WC 582/WS/PMB 279

Come, O Holy Spirit, Come JS 459/BB

Eastertide Carol: Pentecost Sequence (Ridge) GP 404

Holy Spirit, Lord Divine WOR 857/GC 464/CBW 692/RS 981/WC 580

Holy Spirit, Lord of Light (Chant) BFW 188

Secuencia de Pentecostés (Ferrer) FYC 424

Ven, Espíritu Santo (Cortez) FYC 428

Veni Sancte Spiritus (Taizé) WOR 473/GC 463/LMGM 197/RS 615

Veni Sancte Spiritus ( Walker ) BB/CBW 419/GP 403/JS 453

Veni Sancte Spiritus/Come, O Holy Spirit, Come (Chant) JS 455

John 14:15-16, 23b-26. During the Last Supper discourse, Jesus promises to send the Spirit as advocate and teacher.

Other Songs for the Liturgy

At the Table of the World (1) WC 648/WS/PMB 301

Blessed Quietness LMGM 72

Christians, Lift Up Your Hearts, v 5 (1) RS 674/WOR 538/CBW 585

Come Down, O Love Divine (G) JS 461/WOR 472/CBW 407/WC 586/MI-BB/GC 465/RS 617

Come, Holy Ghost (2) WOR 482/CBW 416/MI-BB/GP 402/LMGM 69/WC 731/JS 458/GC 469/RS 611/WS/PMB 372

Come, Holy Spirit (1) BB/JS 464

Come, Holy Spirit, Wind and Fire (1) WC 729/WS/PMB 375

*Come, O Spirit of the Lord (Ps) GP 411

Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid (1) BB/JS 449

Creator Spirit, Lord of Grace (1) CBW 409/WC 585/WS/PMB 280

Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race (1) GC 739/RS 837

*Envía Tu Espíritu (Ps) MI-BB/GC 459/JS 747/GP 407/JS 463

Everyone Moved by the Spirit GP 412

Filled with the Spirit's Power (1,2) CBW 413

Fire of God, Titanic Spirit (1,Ps,2) WOR 478

Fire of God, Undying Flame (2) WOR 474/RS 614

*Gather Your People (2) JS 798/MI-BB/GP 529

Gift of God (1) WC 600/WS/PMB 289

God Sends Us His Spirit (Ps) WOR 724/GC 467/LMGM 125

Hail Thee, Festival Day WOR 444/CBW 388/BB/JS 450/WC 562/GC 450/RS 588

Into Our Hearts, O Spirit, Come (1,Ps) WC 579

*Lay Down That Spirit (Ps) WS

Let It Breathe on Me LMGM 71

Mold Me, Lord LMGM 128

O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God (Ps) RS 907/GC 800/MI-BB/WOR 725/WC 732/WS/PMB 373/JS 551

O Holy Spirit, by Whose Breath (2) WOR 475/WC 734/GC 461/CBW 412/RS 616/WS/PMB 371

O Holy Spirit, Come to Bless (1) CBW 410

O Holy Spirit, Enter in WC 736

O Spirit of the Living Lord JS 456/BB

*O Love of God/Amor de Dios (2) GP 541/MI-BB

*On Pentecost They Gathered (1) BB

*One Bread, One Body (2) GP 499/GC 830/LMGM 139/MI-BB/WC 640/JS 820/RS 915/WS

One Is the Body (2) GC 846

One Lord (2) MI-BB/GP 453

One Spirit, One Church (1,2) JS 778/MI-BB/GP 570

Over the Chaos of the Empty Waters (Ps) WOR 483

*Peace (G) MI-BB/WC 852/JS 741/GP 649/WS/PMB 462

Praise the Spirit in Creation (1) WC 941/RS 609

Send Down the Fire (1,G) GC 466

*Send Us Your Spirit (Ps) GC 470/MI-BB/JS 462/CBW 414/RS 612/GP 410

Song of the Holy Spirit (1,Ps,G) JS 460/BB

Song over the Waters (1) GC 585/RS 855

Spirit Blowing through Creation (Ps) GC 462/CBW 415

Spirit, Come (Ps) MI-BB/GP 410

Spirit Divine, Accept Our Prayers (1) WOR 476/CBW 521/WC 733/PMB 374

Spirit of God within Me (G) WOR 480/GC 468/RS 610

Sweet, Sweet Spirit (G) WC 728/WS

*The Day of Pentecost Arrived (1) WC 581/WS/PMB 278

*The One Same Spirit (2) WC 759/WS/PMB 389

The Spirit of God -- Alstott GP 232

The Spirit of God -- Deiss (1,G) WC 771/GC 458/WS/PMB 399

There Is One Lord (2) WOR 657/GP 453/WC 599/JS 699/MI-BB/GC 809/CBW 530/RS 835/WS/PMB 287

There = s a Spirit in the Air WC 583/WOR 531/RS 689

This Is the Day When Light Was First Created (1) WOR 663/GC 746/RS 842

Veni Creator Spiritus -- Latin/English (1,2) WOR 479/CBW 418/LMGM 70/BB/WC 584/JS 457/GC 460

Veni Sancte Spiritus (1) WOR 473/LMGM 197/JS 453/BB/MI-BB/GC 463/CBW 419/RS 615/WC 580

Wa Wa Wa Emimimo/Come, O Holy Spirit (1) GC 471

Water and Spirit (2) WC 604

We Are Many Parts (2) GC 733/MI-BB/WC 763/RS 840/WS

We Receive Power (1,G) WC 735/WS

When God the Spirit Came (1) WOR 481/RS 613

You Have Anointed Me (1,G) GC 676/RS 795/GP 555