Adoro Te Devote (Thee We Adore, O Hidden Saviour)
St Thomas Aquinas; English by Bishop J. R. Woodford
Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee,Who in thy Sacrament art pleased to be;Both flesh and spirit in thy presence fail,Yet here thy Presence we devoutly hail.
O blest Memorial of our dying Lord,Who living Bread to men doth here afford!O may our souls for ever feed on thee,And thou, O Christ, for ever precious be.
Fountain of goodness, Jesu, Lord and God,Cleanse us, unclean, with thy most cleansing Blood;Increase our faith and love, that we may knowThe hope and peace which from thy Presence flow.
O Christ, whom now beneath a veil we see,May what we thirst for soon our portion be,To gaze on thee unveiled, and see thy face,The vision of thy glory and thy grace.
Latin
Adoro te devote, latens Deitas,Quae sub his figuris vere latitas:Tibi se cor meum totum subjicit,Quia te contemplans totum deficit.
Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur,Sed auditu solo tuto creditur:Credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius;Nil hoc verbo Veritatis verius.
In cruce latebat sola Deitas,At hic latet simul et humanitas:Ambo tamen credens atque confitens,Peto quod petivit latro paenitens.
Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor;Deum tamen meum te confiteor:Fac me tibi semper magis credere,In te spem habere, te diligere.
O memoriale mortis Domini,Panis vivus, vitam praestans homini:Praesta meae menti de te vivere,Et te illi semper dulce sapere.
Pie pellicane, Jesu Domine,Me immundum munda tuo sanguine:Cujus una stilla salvum facereTotum mundum quit ab omni scelere.
Jesu, quem velatum nunc aspicio,Oro fiat illud quod tam sitio:Ut te revelata cernens facie,Visu sim beatus tuae gloriae. Amen.
Latin from Medulla pietatis Christianae (1868)