FIRMLY I BELIEVE AND TRULY

A HYMN FOR LOW SUNDAY

1  Firmly I believe and truly
God is Three and God is One;
and I next acknowledge duly
manhood taken by the Son.

2  And I trust and hope most fully
in that manhood crucified;
and each thought and deed unruly
do to death, as he has died.

 

3  Simply to his grace and wholly
light and life and strength belong,
and I love supremely, solely,
him the holy, him the strong.

4  And I hold in veneration,
for the love of him alone,
Holy Church as his creation,
and her teachings as his own.

5  Adoration ay be given,
with and through the angelic host,
to the God of earth and heaven,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.

By John Henry Cardinal Newman