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Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion

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“Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion” as printed in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 330 1860 · historical text
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This text comes from Catholic Hymns (1860), a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

What happiness can equal mine?

I've found the object of my love;

My Saviour and my Lord divine

Is come to me from heav'n above.

He makes my heart His own abode,

His flesh becomes my daily bread;

He pours on me His healing blood,

And with His life my soul is fed.

Verse 2

My love is mine, and I am His;

In me He dwells, in Him I live:

Where could I taste a purer bliss?

What greater boon could Jesus give!

O royal banquet! heav'nly feast!

O flowing fount of life and grace!

Where God the Giver, man the guest,

Meet and unite in sweet embrace.

Verse 3

Dear Jesus, now my heart is Thine,

Oh, may it never from Thee fly;

My God, be Thou for ever mine,

And I Thine own eternally.

No more, O Satan, thee I fear!

O world, thy charms I now despise

For Christ himself is with me here,

My joy, my life, my paradise.

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Traditional words. Historical text published in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860), “Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion”

The 1860 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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