Novena for the Election of a Pope

Source: District of Great Britain

From 28th April to 6th May. Click here for PDF

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;
Teque utriusque Spiritum
Credamus omni tempore.

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

V. Emitte Spiritum Tuum
     et creabuntur
R. Et renovabis faciem 
      terrre.

Oremus.

Supplici, Domine, humilitate
deposcimus:  ut 
socrosanctae Romanae 
Ecclesiae concedat 
Pontificem illum tua
immensa pietas; qui et pio in
nos studio semper tibi
placitus, et tuo populo pro
salubri regime sit assidue ad
gloriam tui nominis
reverendus. Per Dominum.

V. Cor Mariae dolorosum 
     et immaculatum
R. Ora pro nobis.

V. Sancte Pie V
R. Ora pro nobis.

V. Sancte Pie X
R. Ora pro nobis.

 

   

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,
Vouchsafe within our souls to rest;
Come with Thy grace and heav'nly aid
And fill the hearts which Thou hast made.

To Thee, the Comforter, we cry,
To Thee, the Gift of God Most High,
The Fount of life, the Fire of love,
The soul's Anointing from above.

The sev'n-fold gifts of grace are Thine,
O Finger of the Hand Divine;
True Promise of the Father Thou,
Who dost the tongue with speech endow.

Thy light to every thought impart
And shed Thy love in every heart;
The weakness of our mortal state
With deathless might invigorate.

Drive far away our wily Foe,
And Thine abiding peace bestow;
If Thou be our protecting Guide,
No evil can our steps betide.

Make Thou to us the Father known;
Teach us the eternal Son to own
And Thee, whose name we ever bless,
Of both the Spirit, to confess.

Praise we the Father and the Son
And Holy Spirit, with them One;
And may the Son on us bestow
The gifts that from the Spirit flow!
Amen.

V. Send forth Thy Spirit,
     and they shall be created
R. And Thou shalt renew
      the face of the earth .

Let us pray.

O Lord, with suppliant humility, 
we entreat Thee, that in Thy
boundless mercy Thou wouldst
grant the most holy 
Roman Church a pontiff, who by
his zeal for us, may be pleasing
to Thee, and by his good 
government may ever be honoured by 
Thy people for the glory of Thy name. 
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ.

V. Most Sorrowful and 
     Immaculate Heart of Mary
R. Pray for us who have 
      recourse to Thee! 

V. Saint Pius V
R. Pray for us. 

V. Saint Pius X
R. Pray for us.

 

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