adoro te devote · Handbook of Prayers

That the Body and Blood of Christ are truly present in the Blessed Sacrament is something that “cannot be apprehended by the senses,” says St. Thomas Aquinas, “but only by faith, which relies on divine authority.”

I devoutly adore You, O hidden God,  truly hidden beneath these appearances.  My whole heart submits to You  and in contemplating You   it surrenders itself completely.
Sight, touch, taste are all deceived   in their judgment of You,  but hearing suffices firmly to believe.  I believe all that the Son of God has spoken:  there is nothing truer than this word of Truth.
On the Cross only the Divinity was hidden,  but here the Humanity is also hidden.  I believe and confess both  and I ask for what the repentant thief asked.
I do not see the wounds as Thomas did,  but I confess that You are my God.  Make me believe more and more in You,  hope in You, and love You.
O Memorial of our Lord's death!  Living Bread that gives life to man,  grant my soul to live on You  and always to savor Your sweetness.
Lord Jesus, good Pelican,  wash me clean with Your Blood,  one drop of which can free  the entire world of all its sins.
Jesus, whom now I see hidden,  I ask You to fulfill what I so desire:  that on seeing You face to face,  I may be happy in seeing Your glory. Amen.

Adoro te devote, latens Déitas,  Quæ sub his figuris vere látitas:  Tibi se cor meum totum súbiicit,  Quia te contemplans totum déficit.
Visus, tactus, gustus in te fállitur,  Sed auditu solo tuto créditur.  Credo quidquid dixit Dei Fílius:  Nil hoc verbo Veritatis vérius.
In cruce latebat sola Déitas,  At hic latet simul et humánitas;  Ambo tamen credens atque cónfitens,  Peto quod petivit latro pǽnitens.
Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intúeor;  Deum tamen meum te confíteor.  Fac me tibi semper magis crédere,  In te spem habére, te dilígere.
O memóriale mortis Dómini!  Panis vivus, vitam præstans hómini!  Præsta meæ menti de te vívere.  Et te illi semper dulce sápere.
Pie pellicane, Iesu Dómine,  Me immundum munda tuo sánguine.  Cuius una stilla salvum fácere  Totum mundum quit ab omni scélere.
Iesu, quem velatum nunc aspicio,  Oro fiat illud quod tam sítio;  Ut te revelata cernens facie,  Visu sim beatus tuæ gloriæ.  Amen.