Ascension
A Manual of Prayer, 1869Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | A MANUAL OF PRAYER. COMPILED FROM VARIOUS BOOKS OF CATHOLIC DEVOTION |
|---|---|
| Imprint | MUNICH, HERMANN MANZ., 1869 |
| Pages | pp. 280–281 |
| Scan | leaf 294, leaf 295 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | PERMISSU SUPERIORUM. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
Limbourg brothers, The Procession of St. Gregory, second part, Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, 1411–1416. Musée Condé, Chantilly.
O thou pure light of souls that love,
True joy of every human breast,
Sower of life’s immortal seed,
Our Maker, and Redeemer blest!
What wondrous pity Thee o’ercame
To make our guilty load thine own,
And sinless, suffer death and shame,
For our transgressions to atone!
Thou, bursting Hades open wide,
Didst all the captive souls unchain,
And thence to thy dread Father’s side
With glorious pomp ascend again.
Jesus! may pity Thee compel
To heal the wounds of which we die;
And take us in thy light to dwell,
Who for thy blissful presence sigh.