500. Here we adore you, hidden Saviour, Lord

1 Here we adore you, hidden Saviour, Lord,
who in your sacrament are living Word;
both flesh and spirit at your presence fail,
yet here your presence now we humbly hail.

2 O blest memorial of our dying Lord,
the living bread, who here will life afford,
O may our souls on you for ever feed,
and you be ever present in our need.

3 Fountain of goodness, Jesus, Lord and God,
cleanse us, unclean, with your all-cleansing blood;
increase our faith and love that we may know
the hope and peace which from your presence flow.

4 O Christ, whom now beneath a veil we see,
may what we thirst for our possession be:
to gaze on you unveiled and see your face,
the vision of your glory and your grace.

Text Information
First Line: Here we adore you, hidden Saviour, Lord
Author (attributed to): Thomas Aquinas, 1227-74
Translator: James Russell Woodford, 1820-85 (alt.)
Meter: 10 10.10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Mystery of God's Love; Real Presence
Notes: May be sung to SURSUM CORDA 87
Tune Information
Name: ADORE TE
Composer: John Henry Arnold, 1887-1956
Meter: 10 10.10 10
Key: D Major
Source: Proper plainsong melody
Copyright: Arrangement from the 'English Hymnal' by permission of Oxford University Press



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