Ave Maria Meditations
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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
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)
