Pentecost Sunday
1st Reading : Acts 2:1–11 Responsorial Psalm : Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 2nd Reading : 1 Cor 12:3b–7, 12–13 or Rom 8:8–17 Verse before the Gospel : <span class="capolettera_piccolo">SEQUENCE</span><br/><span class="citazione">Veni, Sancte Spiritus</span><span class="capolettera_grande">C</span>ome, Holy Spirit, come!<br/>And from your celestial home<br/>Shed a ray of light divine!Come, Father of the poor!<br/>Come, source of all our store!<br/>Come, within our bosoms shine.You, of comforters the best;<br/>You, the soul’s most welcome guest;<br/>Sweet refreshment here below;In our labour, rest most sweet;<br/>Grateful coolness in the heat;<br/>Solace in the midst of woe.O most blessed Light divine,<br/>Shine within these hearts of yours,<br/>And our inmost being fill!Where you are not, we have naught,<br/>Nothing good in deed or thought,<br/>Nothing free from taint of ill.Heal our wounds, our strength renew;<br/>On our dryness pour your dew;<br/>Wash the stains of guilt away:Bend the stubborn heart and will;<br/>Melt the frozen, warm the chill;<br/>Guide the steps that go astray.On the faithful, who adore<br/>And confess you, evermore<br/>In your sevenfold gift descend:Give them virtue’s sure reward;<br/>Give them your salvation, Lord;<br/>Give them joys that never end. Amen. Alleluia. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful<br/>and kindle in them the fire of your love. Gospel : Jn 20:19–23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26 Gospel Canticle : Receive the Holy Spirit; the sins of those you forgive shall be forgiven, alleluia.