Devoutly I Adore Thee (Adoro te devote)

O Godhead hid, devoutly I adore Thee,
Who truly art within the forms before me;
To Thee my heart I bow with bended knee,
As failing quite in contemplating Thee.

Sight, touch, and taste in Thee are each deceived;
The ear alone most safely is believed:
I believe all the Son of God has spoken,
Than Truth's own word there is no truer token.

God only on the Cross lay hid from view;
But here lies hid at once the Manhood too;
And I, in both professing my belief,
Make the same prayer as the repentant thief.

Thy wounds, as Thomas saw, I do not see;
Yet Thee confess my Lord and God to be:
Make me believe Thee ever more and more;
In Thee my hope, in Thee my love to store.

O thou Memorial of our Lord's own dying!
O Bread that living art and vivifying!
Make ever Thou my soul on Thee to live;
Ever a taste of Heavenly sweetness give.

O loving Pelican! O Jesu, Lord!
Unclean I am, but cleanse me in Thy Blood;
Of which a single drop, for sinners spilt,
Is ransom for a world's entire guilt.

Jesu! Whom for the present veil'd I see,
What I so thirst for, O vouchsafe to me:
That I may see Thy countenance unfolding,
And may be blest Thy glory in beholding. Amen.

Saint Thomas Aquinas, translated by E. Caswall

Thanksgiving After Mass

Lord, Father all-powerful
And ever-living God, I thank You,
For even though I am a sinner,
Your unprofitable servant,
Not because of my worth
But in the kindness of your mercy,
You have fed me
With the Precious Body and Blood of Your Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ.
I pray that this Holy Communion
May not bring me condemnation and punishment
But forgiveness and salvation.
May it be a helmet of faith
And a shield of good will.
May it purify me from evil ways
And put an end to my evil passions.
May it bring me charity and patience,
Humility and obedience,
And growth in the power to do good.