Spirit Litany

Voice One: When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues as of fire, appeared among them and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit…

ALL: Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.

Voice Two: In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth…

MEN: a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.

ALL: And God saw that it was good.

Voice Three: The angel said to Mary,

Voice Four: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born to you will be holy; he will be called

ALL: Son of God.

Voice Five: In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.

Voice Six: While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. Then Peter said,

Voice Seven: “Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

ALL: Spirit of God, descend upon my heart…

Voice One: Jesus said,

Voice Four: “The advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything…

Voice Five: When the Advocate comes whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father will testify on my behalf.”

Voice One: John said to them,

MEN: “I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Voice Six: Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks…

WOMEN: Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you.

Voice Six: Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice?

Voice Seven: On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;

Voice Eight: beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out:

WOMEN: “To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live.”

ALL: Holy Spirit, truth divine, Dawn upon this soul of mine…

Voice Three: Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.

Voice Two: Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

WOMEN: To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit

ALL: for the common good.

Voice One: To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom,

Voice Two: and to another the utterance of knowledge by the same Spirit.

ALL: to another faith

Voices Three and Four: to another gifts of healing

Voices Five and Six: to another the working of miracles,

Voices Seven and Eight: to another prophecy

ALL: to another the discernment of spirits,

MEN: to another various kinds of tongues,

WOMEN: to another the interpretation of tongues.

ALL: All these are activated by one and the same Spirit who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

Voice One: In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh.

ALL: In those days I will pour out my Spirit.