Our Morning Offering – 27 December – Feast of St John the Evangelist and the Third Day of the Christmas Octave
Oh Teach Me then, Dear Saint!
An Invocation of St John, Evangelist
Saint of the Sacred Heart,
Sweet teacher of the Word,
Partner of Mary’s woes
And favourite of thy Lord!
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Oh teach me then, dear Saint!
The secrets Christ taught thee;
The beatings of His Heart,
And how it beat for me!
We know not all thy gifts
But this Christ bids us see,
That He who so loved all,
Found more to love in thee.
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When the last evening came,
Thy head was on His breast,
Pillowed on earth, where now
In heaven the Saints find rest.
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Dear Saint! I stand far off,
With vilest sins opprest,
Oh may I dare, like thee,
To lean upon His breast?
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His touch could heal the sick,
His voice could raise the dead,
Oh that my soul might be
Where He allows thy head.
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The gifts He gave to thee
He gave thee to impart
And I, too, claim with thee
His Mother and His Heart!
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