Come creator spirit: Meditations on the Veni Creator

With its wealth of insights and thought-provoking images, the hymn known as the Veni Creator is like a magnificent fresco of the Holy Spirit at work in salvation history and in the life of the Church.
Ever since its composition in the ninth century, the use of the Veni Creator in the liturgy of Pentecost and in Christian assemblies has been constant, as one continuous, solemn invocation of the Paraclete. Its language, however, is far removed from theological discourse but inspired by symbol, image and song, by poetry and liturgy, by prophecy and living models of holiness. The author is one of the foremost specialists in the theology of the Spirit. He has the master's art of drawing the reader by communicating his own enthusiasm for the Holy Spirit.