Come, Holy Spirit
Veni, Sancte Spiritus
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit didst instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
In Latin
Veni, Sancte Spíritus, reple tuórum corda fidélium, et tui amóris in eis ignem accénde. ℣. Emítte Spíritum tuum, et creabúntur. ℟. Et renovábis fáciem terræ.
When this prayer is prayed
Before any decision, any examination, any difficult conversation, any page you have to write. The Church says it before every council, every conclave and every ordination — nothing in her begins without it.