“O Bread Of Heaven”.

“O Bread Of Heaven”.

 Words: Saint Alphonsus Liguori.

Music: Tynemouth - H. F. Hemy.

Sung By: Westminster Cathedral Choir.

Divine Holy Mass In The Cathedral Of 

The Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Westminster, London.

18 September 2010.

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O Bread of Heaven, beneath this veil 

Thou dost my very God conceal: 

My Jesus, dearest treasure, hail ! 

I love Thee and, adoring, kneel; 

Each loving Soul by Thee is fed 

With Thine own Self in form of Bread. 

O food of life, Thou Who dost give 

The pledge of immortality; 

I live, no ’tis not I that live; 

God gives me life, God lives in me: 

He feeds my Soul, He guides my ways, 

And every grief with joy repays. 

O Bond of love that dost unite 

The servant to his living Lord; 

Could I dare live and not requite 

Such love - then death were meet reward: 

I cannot live unless to prove 

Some love for such unmeasured love. 

Beloved Lord, in Heaven above 

There, Jesus, Thou awaitest me, 

To gaze on Thee with endless love; 

Yes, thus I hope, thus shall it be: 

For how can He deny me Heaven, 

Who here on Earth Himself hath given ?