Sequence for Pentecost: A Traditional Prayer Used by Church During Pentecost/ Sophia = Holy Wisdom

Come, Sophia Spirit come!
From your place within our hearts
Brighten us with light divine!
Come, Sophia, bless the poor!
Make our minds an open door!
Come, within our beings shine.
You, our comforter always;
You, are with us all our days;
Nurture, nourish us within;
In our struggles, bring us calm;
Bless us with your sacred balm;
Free us from our narrow bin.
O Light of power seeing all,
Be with us as we stand tall,
Fill us with your vision true!
Everywhere your Light shines bright,
We speak your Words day and night,
Revealing all that you do.

You, by our side as we walk,
You now our voice as we talk,
Proclaiming your love alone:
We listen with open ears,
Give us hope and wash our tears,

Heal us to our very bone
We your faithful do adore

Praise Sophia, evermore

Thus our hearts forever raise.

Seven gifts are what we seek

Send you gifts for us to keep.

We your faithful sing your praise

Amen. Alleluia.

Translated by Dorothy Shugrue, ARCWP, www.arcwp.org

(Sophia is the Greek word for Wisdom. Wisdom is always feminine and reflects the feminine presence of God in our midst. Read Books of Proverbs and Wisdom.)