SACRED HEART

Christmas Sequence

O Sacred Heart of Jesus! Flame Divine,
Ardent with great desire;
My hope is set upon that love of Thine,
Deep well of fire!

Creative Lord Incarnate, let me lean
My weary self on Thee;
Nor let my utter weakness come between
Thy strength and me.

I cannot trace Thy Providence and plan,
No dimly comprehend
What in Thyself Thou art, and what is man,
and what the end.

Here in the wilderness I cannot find
The path the Wise Men trod;
Grant me to rest on Thee, Incarnate Mind,
The Word of God.

I cannot live another hour,
Jesus, be Thou my life;
I have not power to strive; be Thou my power
In every strife!

I can do nothing-----hope, nor love, nor fear,
But only fail and fall.
Be Thou my soul and self, O Jesus dear,
My God and All!