The Solemnity of the
Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
Feast of Corpus Christi
Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
Feast of Corpus Christi
Adoro te devote
A Eucharistic hymn by Saint Thomas Aquinas
A Eucharistic hymn by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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;
Son of God has spoken;
There
is nothing truer
than this word of truth.
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.
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 your 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
*The
symbolism of the mother pelican feeding her little baby pelican is rooted in an
ancient legend which preceded Christianity. The legend was that in time of
famine, the mother pelican wounded herself, striking her breast with the beak
to feed her young with her blood to prevent starvation.
In the prayer written by Saint Thomas Aquinas, the
pelican symbolizes Jesus our Redeemer who gave His life for our redemption and
the atonement He made through His passion and death. We were dead to sin and
have found new life through the Blood of Christ. Jesus continues to feed us with His body and
blood in the holy Eucharist.
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