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 – Latin for “We stand before You, Holy Spirit.” This ancient invocation, attributed to Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 – April 4, 636), has been historically used at Councils, Synods, and other Church gatherings for centuries.
As we are called to embrace the Irish Synodal Pathway, this prayer invites the Holy Spirit to be at work within us, so that we may become a community and a people of grace.
