O Sacred Head O Sacred Head surrounded By crown of piercing thorn! O bleeding Head, so wounded, Reviled and put to scorn! Death's pallid hue comes o'er Thee, The glow of life decays, Yet angel hosts adore Thee And tremble as they gaze. I see Thy strength and vigor All fading in the strife, And death, with cruel vigor, Bereaving Thee of life; O agony and dying! O love to sinners free! Jesus, all grace supplying, O turn Thy face on me! In this Thy bitter Passion, Good Shepherd, think. of me, With Thy most sweet compassion, Unworthy though I be; Beneath Thy Cross abiding, 'Forever would I rest, In Thy dear love confiding, And wilth Thy presence blest. ------Saint Bernard of Clairvaux [1090-1153]                 HOME------------------HOLY NAME ww.catholictradition.org/Christ/sacred-head.htm