Schola Sanctae Scholasticae and St. Cecilia's Abbey, UK
1. Devoutly I adore thee, hidden Godhead, who truly stayest hidden
under these forms: to thee doth my whole heart subject itself,
because, in contemplating thee, everything [else] is found
lacking.
2. Sight, touch, taste fail with regard to thee, but only by hearing
does one believe surely; I believe whatever God’s Son said:
nothing is truer than the word of Truth.
3. On the Cross the Godhead alone was hidden, but here, hidden
too is the humanity. However, believing and confessing both, I
ask what the penitent thief asked.
4. I do not immediately gaze on wounds, as Thomas did; yet
nonetheless I confess thee my God. Make me believe in thee
more and more, [make me] put my hope in thee, love thee.
5. O memorial of the Lord’s death! Living bread, granting life to
man! Grant to me always to live from thee and that thou mayest
always taste sweet to me.
6. Kindly pelican, Lord Jesus, cleanse me, the unclean one, in thy
blood, of which [just] one drop can save the entire world of all
crime.
7. Jesus, whom now I behold under a veil, I pray that that for which
I so thirst may come to pass: that, looking intently upon thy
unveiled face, I may be blessed with the sight of thy glory.
Hymn of St. Thomas Aquinas
Suggested use: Benediction, Hymn for Solemnity of Corpus Christi; Mass: Offertory, Communion
Note: Music from the Parish Book of Chant (CMAA, 2012, page 174) and used with permission from The Church Music Association of America. Book can be purchased at amazon.com and is also available by download from http://media.musicasacra.com/pdf/pbc-web.pdf