No. 44
OUR BLESSED LORD
Jesus, Lord, be Thou mine own
Mondo, piu, per me non sei
Communion Hymn
St. Alphonsus
Don Lorenzo Perosi
Tr. Rev. E. Vaughan, C. SS. R.
Moderato
1.
Jesus Lord, be Thou mine own;
Thee I long for, Thee alone;
All myself, I give to Thee;
Do whate'er Thou wilt with me.
2.
Life without Thy love would be
Death, O Sovereign Good, to me;
Bound and held by Thy dear chains
Captive now my heart remains.
3.
Thou, O God, my heart inflame,
Give that love which Thou dost claim;
Payment I will ask for none;
Love demands but love alone.
4.
God of beauty, Lord of Light,
Thy good will is my delight;
Now henceforth Thy will divine
Ever shall in all be mine.
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No. 45
OUR BLESSED LORD
Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep
The Good Shepherd
Processional
Pastor Amans
Miss J. E. Leeson (1807-1882)
Adaptation of a Litany Melody from Catholic Hymntunes
(Publ. 1819; J.M.Capes)
Moderato
1.
Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep
Keep me, Lord in safety keep;
Nothing can Thy pow'r withstand,
None can pluck me from Thy Hand.
Loving Shepherd, Thou didst give
Thine own life that I might live;
May I love Thee day by day,
Gladly Thy sweet Will obey.
2.
Loving Shepherd, ever near,
Teach me still Thy voice to hear;
Suffer not my step to stray
From the strait and narrow way.
Where Thou leadest may I go,
Walking in Thy steps below;
Then before Thy Father's throne,
Jesus, claim me for Thine own.
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No. 46
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
The Very Angels' Bread
Panis Angelicus
Tr. by Rt. Rev. Msgr. H. T. Henry, Litt.D.
P. Meurers
Slowly
1.
The very Angels' Bread
Doth food to men afford;
The types have vanished,
Remains the Truth adored:
O wonderous mystery
Their banquet is the Lord
The poor and lowly, bond and free.
2.
O God forever blest,
O Three in One, we pray:
Visit the longing breast
Enter this house of clay,
And lead us through the Night
Unto the perfect Day
Where dwellest Thou in endless light.
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No. 47
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Soul of my Saviour
Anima Christi
L. Dobici
Slowly: with devotion
1.
Soul of my Savior sanctify my breast,
Body of Christ, be Thou my saving guest;
Blood of my Saviour bathe me in Thy Tide;
Wash me, ye waters gushing from His Side.
2.
Strength and protection may His Passion be,
O blessed Jesus, hear and answer me;
Deep in Thy Wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me;
So shall I never, never part from Thee.
3.
Guard and defend me from the foe malign;
In death's drear moments make me only Thine;
Call me and bid me come to Thee on high,
Where I may praise Thee with Thy Saints for aye.
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No. 48
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Thee prostrate I adore
(Adoro Te devote)
St. Thomas Aquinas
Translated by Father Aylward, O. P.
Nicola A. Montani
Moderato devoto
1.
Thee prostrate I adore, The Deity that lies
Beneath these humble veils, Concealed from human eyes;
My heart doth wholly yield, Subjected to Thy sway,
For contemplating Thee it wholly faints away.
Chorus
Hail, Jesus, hail; do Thou, Good Shepherd of the sheep,
Increase in all true hearts the faith they fondly keep.
2.
The sight, the touch, the taste, In Thee are here deceived;
But by the ear alone this truth is safe believed;
I hold whate'er the Son of God hath said to me;
Than this blest word of truth no word can truer be,
3.
I see not with mine eyes, Thy Wounds, as Thomas saw;
Yet own Thee for my God with equal love and awe;
Oh grant me, that my faith may ever firmer be,
That all my hope and love may still repose in Thee.
4.
Memorial sweet, that shows the death of my dear Lord;
Thou living bread, that life dost unto man afford;
Oh grant, that this my soul may ever live on Thee,
That Thou mayst evermore its only sweetness be.
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