So, I came across this ancient prayer, a prayer to the Holy Spirit. Sometimes in our modern world and convenient "accessible" modern church we forget the mystery and wonder of our supernatural God and the connection we have with Him. Sometimes we forget the Spirit and reduce Him to being mentioned in prayer, forgetting that He's also God. It's easy to imagine the Father and Jesus, but the Holy Spirit...how do you picture Him? I hope this prayer will inspire you to worship the Spirit as God also.
Come, true light.
Come, life eternal.
Come, hidden mystery.
Come, treasure without name.
Come, reality beyond all words.
Come, person beyond all understanding.
Come, rejoicing without end.
Come, light that knows no evening.
Come, unfailing expectation of the saved.
Come, raising of the fallen.
Come, resurrection of the dead.
Come, all-powerful, for unceasingly you create, refashion and change all things by your will alone.
Come, for your name fills our hearts with longing, and is ever on our lips.
Come, for you are yourself the desire that is within me.
Come, my breath and my life.
Come, the consolation of my humble soul.
Come, my joy, my glory, my endless delight.
- St Symeon the New Theologian (C10th)
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