Music of the Week
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Harpa Dei
June 6, 2025
Music of the Week, June 6, 2025
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Harpa Dei
This weekend marks the celebration of “Pentecost,” the festival of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. It is the event that begins the Acts of the Apostles, gifting them with a higher power to continue the ministry of the good news after Christ’s ascension.
Pentēkostē hēméra in Greek means the “fiftieth day” after Easter (Pesach), which marks the Jewish Festival of Weeks (Shavuot) on which it is said that the Torah (the Ten Commandments) was given to Moses on Mt. Sinai. In Christian tradition, it is the presence of the Holy Spirit in the people of God that renews the covenant with the living Creator.
The beloved sibling quartet Harpa Dei are singing a traditional Gregorian chant addressed to the Holy Spirit.
“Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and ignite in them the fire of your love.”
Veni, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende.
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