J.M.J. This Hymn written by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225?-1274), whose Memorial is today, is a meditation in itself. Let us be grateful to God for it--and for our Catholic Faith.
Adore Te Devote
- I devoutly adore You, O hidden Deity,
- Truly hidden beneath these appearances.
- My whole heart submits to You,
- And in contemplating You,
- It surrenders itself completely.
- Sight, touch, taste are all deceived
- In their judgment of You,
- But hearing suffices firmly to believe.
- I believe all that the Son of God has spoken;
- There is nothing truer than this word of truth.
- On the cross only the divinity was hidden,
- But here the humanity is also hidden.
- I believe and confess both,
- And ask for what the repentant thief asked.
- I do not see the wounds as Thomas did,
- But I confess that You are my God.
- Make me believe more and more in You,
- Hope in You, and love You.
- O memorial of our Lord's death!
- Living Bread that gives life to man,
- Grant my soul to live on You,
- And always to savor Your sweetness.
- Lord Jesus, Good Pelican,
- wash me clean with Tour Blood,
- One Drop of which can free
- the entire world of all its sins.
- Jesus, Whom now I see hidden,
- I ask You to fulfill what I so desire:
- That the sight of Your Face being unveiled
- I may have the happiness of seeing Your Glory. Amen
Mary, Mother of Our Eucharistic Lord, pray for us.
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