Come Holy Spirit

It is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you.
Mt.10:20

Jesus commissions the twelve for their first  mission trip, warning they will face opposition, both from without and from within. But even though he will not be with them, they will not be alone. The Holy Spirit will be within them.

Nothing has changed. Opposition to the Good News is still evident. However, the promise is the same also. We are not alone. The Holy Spirit is within us. 

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.

O God, who have taught the hearts of the faithful
by the light of the Holy Spirit,
grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly wise
and ever rejoice in his consolation.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.