Gifts of the Holy Spirit Craft
Supplies:
Instructions:
Color the paper plate to look like a halo or sun with rays coming from the center of it. Cut out the white dove and glue it to the center of the colored plate.
Note: For a more 3-D look, glue down the wings, only glue the body.
Cut out the tongues of fire and glue them to the plate in whatever way you desire.
Here are a few ideas: For extra fun, you could also add glitter or glitter-glue to the plate and tongues of fire.
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Veni, Sancte Spiritus
This prayer is prayed on Pentecost, just before the proclamation of the Gospel. It is a tribute to the Holy Spirit and dates to around the year 1200. As a family, pray it together, whether you all read it aloud or take turns reading parts.
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
And from your celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine.
You, of comforters the best;
You, the soul’s most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our labor, rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.
O most blessed Light divine,
Shine within these hearts of yours,
And our inmost being fill!
Where you are not, we have naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
On our dryness pour your dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away:
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
On the faithful, who adore
And confess you, evermore
In your sevenfold gift descend;
Give them virtue’s sure reward;
Give them your salvation Lord;
Give them joys that never end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Red is the liturgical color of Pentecost. Where do you see red at Mass today?
For the next week, invite each family member to pray exclusively to the
Person of the Holy Spirit. At the end of the week share about your experience.
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