Corpus Christi!

 

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Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all,

How can I love Thee as I ought?

And how revere this wond’rous gift,

So far surpassing hope or thought.

Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.

O make us love Thee more and more!

O make us love Thee more and more!

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Had I but Mary’s sinless heart,

To love Thee with, my dearest King;

O with what bursts of fervent praise,

Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing!

Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.

O make us love Thee more and more!

O make us love Thee more and more!

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O, see, within a creature’s hand,

The vast Creator deigns to be,

Reposing infant-like, as though

On Joseph’s arm, on Mary’s knee.

Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.

O make us love Thee more and more!

O make us love Thee more and more!

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Thy body, soul, and Godhead, all–

O mystery of love divine!

I cannot compass all I have,

For all Thou hast and art are mine.

Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.

O make us love Thee more and more!

O make us love Thee more and more!

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Sound, sound His praises higher still,

And come ye Angels to our aid;

‘Tis God, ’tis God, the very God,

Whose power both man and angels made.

Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.

O make us love Thee more and more!

O make us love Thee more and more!

Fr. Frederick Faber

(to hear the music, go to http://www.feastofsaints.com/jesusmylord.htm)

monstrance

O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY

O JESUS, WE ADORE THEE, WHO IN THY LOVE DIVINE CONCEAL THY MIGHTY GODHEAD, IN FORMS OF BREAD AND WINE.

Refrain: O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY, O SACRAMENT DIVNE ALL PRAISE AND ALL THANKSGIVING, BE EVERY MOMENT THINE!

O JESUS, WE ADORE THEE, OUR VICTIM AND OUR PRIEST, WHOSE PRECIOUS BLOOD AND BODY, BECOME OUR SACRED FEAST.

Refrain: O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY, O SACRAMENT DIVNE ALL PRAISE AND ALL THANKSGIVING, BE EVERY MOMENT THINE!

O JESUS, WE ADORE THEE, OUR SAVIOUR AND OUR KING AND WITH THE SAINTS AND ANGELS, OUR HUMBLE HOMAGE BRING.

Refrain: O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY, O SACRAMENT DIVNE ALL PRAISE AND ALL THANKSGIVING, BE EVERY MOMENT THINE!

O JESUS WE ADORE THEE: COME LIVE IN US WE PRAY, THAT ALL OUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS BE THINE ALONE TODAY.

Refrain: O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY, O SACRAMENT DIVNE ALL PRAISE AND ALL THANKSGIVING, BE EVERY MOMENT THINE!

O COME ALL YOU WHO LABOR, IN SORROW AND IN PAIN.  COME, EAT THIS BREAD OF HEAVEN, YOUR PEACE AND STRENGTH REGAIN.

Refrain: O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY, O SACRAMENT DIVNE ALL PRAISE AND ALL THANKSGIVING, BE EVERY MOMENT THINE!

(By Irvin Undulutsch OFM)

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