1 Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All,
How can I love thee as I ought?
And how revere this wondrous gift,
So far surpassing hope or thought?
Sweet Sacrament, we thee adore;
Oh, make us love thee more and more.
Oh, make us love thee more and more.
2 Had I but Mary's sinless heart
To love thee with, my dearest King,
Oh, with what bursts of fervant praise
Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing.
Sweet Sacrament, we thee adore;
Oh, make us love thee more and more.
Oh, make us love thee more and more.
3 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;
Oh, make us love thee more and more.
Oh, make us love thee more and more.
Source: One in Faith #934
First Line: | Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, How can I love Thee as I ought? |
Title: | Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All |
Author: | Frederick W. Faber |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 with refrain |
Source: | Lyra Cath. |
Language: | English |
Refrain First Line: | Sweet Sacrament, we thee adore |
Copyright: | © 1955, GIA Publications, Inc. |
Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all! How can I love Thee, &c. F. W. Faber. [Holy Communion.] Appeared in his Jesus and Mary, &c, 1849, in 9 stanzas of 4 lines, with the refrain,
"Sweet Sacrament! we Thee adore!
0, make us love Thee more and more!"
It is headed “Corpus Christi." In common use it is broken into parts, as: (1) "Jesus! my Lord," &c.; (2) "Ring joyously, ye solemn bells"; and (3) "Sound, sound His praises higher still." Its use is mainly confined to Roman Catholic Hymns.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)