Traditional Hymns and Prayers
to the Infant Jesus

HYMN
To the Infant Jesus

Fair Child, how beautiful Thou art!
No greater can Thy sweetness be.
Thou hast possession of my heart;
It burns with love alone for Thee.

Thy littleness, O tender Child!
Is like a dart of lover Divine
That pierces with Thy sweetness mild,
Today, this hardened heart of mine.

My only Good! Thy tears I see,
And Thou art trembling now with cold,
My heart that has been charmed by Thee
Is sad as I Thy grief behold.

Oh, may my heart Thy home e'er be,
My Love, my Conqueror Thou art.
Oh, take the food I offer Thee,
The food of love within my heart.

JESUS, SWEET JESUS

JESUS, sweet Jesus, my treasure Divine,
Oh! with what rapture I call Thee all mine;
Brilliant, celestial, my glory, my sun,
Oh, that I loved Thee, Thou beautiful One!
 
Fountain of sweetness, abyss of delight,
Robed in Thy splendor, immortal and bright,
Thou God of my heart, oh! when shall I flee
Away from my prison, to love only Thee?

Jesus, my Jesus, so priceless in worth,
Joy of the Angels and hope of the earth!
Strong are the links and the bonds which confine
My heart and my soul to Thee, Jesus, all mine.

WITH HEARTS TRULY GRATEFUL
(Adeste, Fideles)

WITH hearts truly grateful,
Come all ye faithful,
To Jesus, to Jesus in Bethlehem.
See Christ, your Saviour,
Heaven's greatest favor.

Let's hasten to adore Him;
Let's hasten to adore Him;
Let's hasten to adore Him;
Our God and King.

God to God equal,
Light of Light eternal,
Carried in Virgin's ever spotless womb!
He all preceded,
Begotten, not created.

Let's hasten to adore Him;
Let's hasten to adore Him;
Let's hasten to adore Him;
Our God and King.

Angels now praise Him,
Loud their voices raising;
The heavenly mansions with joy now ring.
Praise, honor, glory,
To Him Who is most holy!

Let's hasten to adore Him;
Let's hasten to adore Him;
Let's hasten to adore Him;
Our God and King.

ADESTE, FIDELES

ADESTE, fideles,
Laeti triumphantes,
Venite, venite in Bethlehem!
Natum videte
Regem Angelorum.
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoremus Dominum.

Deum de Deo,
Lumen de Lumine,
Gestant puellae viscera;
Deum verum
Genitum, non factum;
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoremus Dominum. 

Cantet nunc, io!
Chorus Angelorum;
Cantet nunc aula coelestium:
Gloria, gloria
In excelsis Deo!
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoremus Dominum.

Ergo, qui natus
Die hodierna,
Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Patris aeterni
Verbum caro factum;
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoremus!
Venite, adoremus Dominum. 

HAIL! HOLY BABE

HAIL! Holy Babe of Bethlehem,
All hail to Thee!
Right joyously our hearts exclaim,
O Jesu mi!

My God, what brought Thee from above,
A man to be?
What other than a burning love,
O Jesu mi!

A child to us is born this day,
O happy we!
And ours be now Thy praise to say,
O Jesu mi!

But love with love we must repay,
So tenderly;
With Mary, Joseph, let us pray,
O Jesu mi! 

DEAR LITTLE ONE

DEAR little One! how sweet Thou art,
Thine eyes so brightly shine,
So bright, they almost seem to speak
When Mary's looks meet Thine.
How faint and feeble is Thy cry
Like plaint of harmless dove,
When Thou dost murmur in Thy sleep,
Of sorrow and of love.
Dear little One! how sweet Thou art,
Thine eyes so brightly shine,
So bright, they almost seem to speak
When Mary's looks meet Thine.

When Mary bids Thee sleep, Thou sleep'st.
Thou wakest when she calls;
Thou art content upon her lap,
Or in the rugged stalls.
Simplest of Babes, with what a grace,
Thou dost Thy Mother's will,
Thine infant fashions all betray
The God-head's hidden skill.
Dear little One! how sweet Thou art,
Thine eyes so brightly shine,
So bright, they almost seem to speak
When Mary's looks meet Thine.



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