Together in Song ‎#500

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:
  1 Corinthians 11:23-26
  ;
  1 Corinthians 13:8-13
  ;
  1 John 1:5-10
  ;
  2 Corinthians 3:12-16
  ;
  2 Corinthians 3:17-18
  ;
  John 6:25-35
  ;
  John 6:52-58
• 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