MAY EVERY HEART CONFESS THY NAME

 

O Jesus, King most wonderful!

Thou Conqueror renowned! 

Thou Sweetness most ineffable!

In Whom all joys are found!

When once Thou visits the heart, 

Then truth begins to shine,

Then earthly vanities depart;

Then kindles love divine.

O Jesu! Light of all below!

Thou Fount of life and fire!

Surassing all the joys we know, 

And all we can desire.

May every heart confess Thy Name,

And ever Thee adore;

And seeking Thee, itself inflame,

To seek Thee more and more.

Thee may our tongues forever bless;

Thee may we love alone;

And ever in our lives express

The image of Thine own. 

Amen.

Iesu Rex admirabilis from the Roman Breviary, tr. E. Casual