LITURGICAL
Adoro Te Devote
Adoro Te Devote
Traditional English Formula
Humbly I adore Thee, hidden Deity,
Which beneath these figures art concealed from me;
Wholly in submission thee my spirit hails,
For in contemplating thee it wholly fails.
Taste and touch and vision in thee are deceived;
But the hearing only may be well believed.
I believe whatever God's own Son has said,
Truth's own word my truth is, truth that cannot fade. Amen.
Textus Latinus (Traditional Latin Formula)
Adoro te devote, latens Deitas,
Quae sub his figuris vere latitas:
Tibi se cor meum totum subiicit,
Quia te contemplans totum deficit.
Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur,
Sed auditu solo tuto creditur.
Credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius:
Nil hoc verbo Veritatis verius. Amen.