How can I love Thee as I ought?
And how revere this wond'rous
gift,
So far surpassing hope or
thought.
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and
more!
O make us love Thee more and
more!
Had I but Mary's sinless heart,
To love Thee with, my dearest
King;
O with what bursts of fervent
praise,
Thy goodness, Jesus, would I
sing!
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and
more!
O make us love Thee more and
more!
O, see, within a creature's hand,
The vast Creator deigns to be,
Reposing infant-like, as though
On Joseph's arm, on Mary's knee.
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and
more!
O make us love Thee more and
more!
Thy body, soul, and Godhead,
all--
O mystery of love divine!
I cannot compass all I have,
For all Thou hast and art are
mine.
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and
more!
O make us love Thee more and
more!
Sound, sound His praises higher
still,
And come ye Angels to our aid;
'Tis God, 'tis God, the very God,
Whose power both man and angels
made.
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and
more!
O make us love Thee more and
more! ■ Fr. F. w. Faber
