A hymn in honour of the Sacred Heart today, written by Father Francis Stanfield, a priest of the Diocese of Westminster, who was also the author of the very popular Catholic hymn, Sweet Sacrament divine. Father Stanfield, like his father and brother (who was also a priest), had been an Anglican before his reception into the Catholic Church. In the 1880s he became Parish Priest of Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane, close to The Strand, in central London; a parish that was elevated to the dignity of a shrine church of the Blessed Sacrament by Cardinal Nichols in June 2018. Mgr Ronald Knox preached there on 26 occasions. O Sacred Heart,
Our home lies deep in thee; On earth thou art an exile’s rest, In heav’n the glory of the blest, O Sacred Heart. O Sacred Heart, Thou fount of contrite tears; Where’er those living waters flow, New life to sinners they bestow, O Sacred Heart. O Sacred Heart, Our trust is all in thee, For though earth’s night be dark and drear, Thou breathest rest where thou art near, O Sacred Heart. O Sacred Heart, When shades of death shall fall, Receive us ’neath thy gentle care, And save us from the tempter’s snare, O Sacred Heart. O Sacred Heart, Lead exiled children home, Where we may ever rest near thee, In peace and joy eternally, O Sacred Heart. Fr Francis Stanfield, 1835-1914 Comments are closed.
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