The ADSUMUS prayer

Prayer of invocation to the Holy Spirit for an ecclesial assembly of governance or discernment (thus synodal)

 

Every session of the Second Vatican Council began with the prayer Adsumus Sancte Spiritus, the first word of the Latin original meaning, “We stand before You, Holy Spirit,” which has been historically used at Councils, Synods and other Church gatherings for hundreds of years, being attributed to Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 - 4 April 636).  As we are called to embrace this synodal path of Synod 2021-2023, this prayer invites the Holy Spirit to work within us so that we may be a community and a people of grace. For Synod 2021-2023, we propose to use this simplified version, so that any group or liturgical assembly can pray more easily.

* Title revised from Latin, to have a proper incipit, different from the Adsumus Dominus Sancte Spiritus. The Caeremoniale Episcoporum 1984ss., n. 1173, only proposes the use of the Adsumus but does not give the text. The German version Das Zeremoniale für die Bischöfe, n. 1188, gives a German translation based on the Latin text of the Acta Synodalia of the Council, vol. I/1, p. 159.

AMHARIC

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CHINESE (Simplified)

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DUTCH

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ESTONIA

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FRENCH

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GERMAN

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HUNGARIAN

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KOREAN

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MALTESE

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NDEBELE

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RUSSIAN

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SHONA

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SPANISH

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TAMIL

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BAHASA

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CHINESE (Traditional)

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ENGLISH

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ETHIOPIA

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GAELIC

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HEBREW

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ITALIAN

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MAORI

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PORTUGUESE

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SEPEDI

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SLOVAK

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SWAHILI

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VIETNAMESE

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