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Third Sunday after the Epiphany.
“Shew thyself to the priest.”
—Gospel for the Day.
Of old, the sacerdotal blessing flow'd
From Aaron's heaven-commission'd lips;
And on Thy Church not less shall be bestow'd,
Whose glories Law and Type eclipse,
And to that “better Covenant” belong
Based upon Him, the Stronger than the strong.
From Aaron's heaven-commission'd lips;
And on Thy Church not less shall be bestow'd,
Whose glories Law and Type eclipse,
And to that “better Covenant” belong
Based upon Him, the Stronger than the strong.
Dove of our souls! blest Paraclete! descend
And bid the Priest Thy mouthpiece be,
That with his breath absolving grace may blend,
And what it saith, be signed by Thee;
While, inly-prostrate with a kneeling heart,
Devotion feels the Benison Thou art.
And bid the Priest Thy mouthpiece be,
That with his breath absolving grace may blend,
And what it saith, be signed by Thee;
While, inly-prostrate with a kneeling heart,
Devotion feels the Benison Thou art.
Grace from the God Triune!—what more than this
Can hearts enclose, or Christs bestow?
Here found St. Paul a paradise of bliss,—
The Heaven those highest raptures know,
When most his fervours into flame arise
And Love's farewell a final blessing sighs.
Can hearts enclose, or Christs bestow?
Here found St. Paul a paradise of bliss,—
The Heaven those highest raptures know,
When most his fervours into flame arise
And Love's farewell a final blessing sighs.
So be it, Saviour! with Thy chosen now;
Ere from the Temple-home they part
Bid Thy pure radiance clothe each pensive brow
And threefold unction fill the heart,
That Saints may ever by communion be
Shrined in thy depths, unfathom'd Trinity!
Ere from the Temple-home they part
Bid Thy pure radiance clothe each pensive brow
And threefold unction fill the heart,
That Saints may ever by communion be
Shrined in thy depths, unfathom'd Trinity!
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