Sequence for Pentecost: Recited or Sung

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On Pentecost Sunday, there are different Sequences that can be used:
The Sequence Veni, Sancte Spiritus
Come, O Holy Spirit
Come, O Holy Spirit, Come

At your church, which Sequence was used? Was the Sequence recited or sung?

:harp::harp::harp:
 
SUNG! I had quite a time finding it in Spanish. But yeah, SUNG.
 
Freshly composed by our director of music and sung. I assume that both the music and text were monkeyed with.
 
Neither. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard the Sequence on Pentecost at my parish. :imsorry: I don’t know why we skip it.
 
We sang the one to the Ode to Joy tune. The congregation seemed to like it.
 
Played and sang at 11:00 am mass: The original in Latin.

Attended evening mass at the cathedral: The original in Latin.

This is absolutely my FAVORITE hymn!!! :bounce:
 
27lw said:
Sadly, read out of the missallette. In English.
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Please don’t feel that way.

Whether sung, chanted, spoken, or read, the glorification of God and the fulfillment of Christ’s promise to send the advocate to be with us for all time should be joyful, not lamented…ever!

Peace and all Good!
 
A Mini History of the Sequences
Veni Sancte Spiritus is a true masterpiece of Latin poetry. In rhyme scheme, it is complex and gorgeous; lines one & two rhyme with each other, and line three always ends in the syllable –ium. In meter, the sequence is a very faithful example of trochaic dimeter. In content, it is a magnificent meditation on the Spirit’s guidance through consolation & desolation. So much is lost when this sequence is not sung in its original Latin.
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“Come, Holy Spirit” kinda sung/chanted in English. I say kinda, because it wasn’t like any chant I’m familiar with, but occasionally veered that way.
 
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