Adoro te
Devote
HIDDEN God, devoutly I adore Thee,
truly present underneath these veils:
all my heart subdues itself before Thee,
since it all before Thee faints and fails.
Not to sight, or taste, or touch
be credit hearing only do we trust secure;
I believe, for God the Son has said it-
Word of truth that ever shall endure.
On the cross was veiled Thy Godhead's splendor,
here Thy manhood lies hidden too;
unto both alike my faith I render,
and, as sued the contrite thief, I sue.
Though I look not on Thy wounds with Thomas,
Thee, my Lord, and Thee, my God, I call:
make me more and more believe Thy promise,
hope in Thee, and love Thee over all.
O memorial of my Savior dying,
Living Bread, that gives life to man;
make my soul, its life from Thee supplying,
taste Thy sweetness, as on earth it can.
Deign, O Jesus, Pelican of heaven,
me, a sinner, in Thy Blood to lave,
to a single drop of which is given all the world from all its sin
to save.
Contemplating, Lord, Thy hidden presence,
grant me what I thirst for and implore, in the revelation of Thy
essence to behold Thy glory evermore. Amen.
