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Adoro te devote (PASSION CHORALE)
Staff Notation • Sacred, Hymns, Eucharistic songs
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Adoro te devote (PASSION CHORALE) by Johann Sebastian Bach — Lyrics
1. [https://www.corpusthomisticum.org/pat.html Adoro te devote], latens Deitas(/veritas),
quae sub his figuris vere latitas:
tibi se cor meum totum subjicit,
quia te contemplans totum deficit.
2. Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur,
sed auditu solo tuto creditur;
credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius:
nil hoc verbo Veritatis verius.
3. In cruce latebat sola Deitas,
at hic latet simul et humanitas:
ambo tamen credens atque confitens,
peto quod petivit latro poenitens.
4. Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor:
Deum tamen meum te confiteor:
fac me tibi semper magis credere,
in te spem habere, te diligere.
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About Adoro te devote (PASSION CHORALE)
This setting of the familiar Eucharistic hymn Adoro te devote is for SATB choir, sung in Latin. The text, a profound expression of faith in the Real Presence, describes the soul prostrating itself before Christ, acknowledging that while sight, touch, and taste may be deceived, faith grounded in hearing the Word of God is sure. It speaks of Christ's divinity and humanity present together, and the singer's desire to share the faith of the penitent thief, looking not at the wounds but confessing Jesus as God. The hymn culminates in a plea for strengthening faith, hope, and love in remembrance of the Lord's death and the living bread that sustains humanity.
