Pentecost: Mahler's triumphant setting of an ancient hymn

Between Ascension and Pentecost we pray to the Spirit to enlighten our minds and hearts, to kindle within us the fire of His love . And we pray: 'Send forth your spirit and they shall be created and thou shall renew the face of the earth...'

Those words from Psalm 104 have been understood by the Church to refer to the role of the Holy Spirit in creation . So we also pray: 'Veni Creator Spiritus ', 'Come Creator Spirit '.

A musical comment by Monsignor Philip Whitmore, in a programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick.

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