Come Down, O Love Divine

Caracciolo, Stephen (b. 1962)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ

Occasion:
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Sixth Sunday of Easter → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Sixth Sunday of Easter → Cycle C
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Pentecost Sunday → General
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Pentecost Sunday → At the Vigil Mass
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Pentecost Sunday → At the Mass during the Day

Publication Information:
MorningStar Music — MSM-50-5557 (2018)

Text Information:
Reference: Bianco da Siena

Lyrics:

Come down, O Love divine,
Seek now this soul of mine,
And visit it with your own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
Within my heart appear,
And kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.

O let it freely burn,
Till earthly passions turn
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
And let your glorious light
Shine ever on my sight,
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.

And so the yearning strong, 
With which the soul will long,
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace,
Till love creates the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes its dwelling.

Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: May 26, 2022 Last updated: Mar 11, 2023