GREAT MAKER OF THE WORLD, AND BLEST

A HYMN IN HONOR OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS

From the Office of Matins for the

Feast of the Sacred Heart 

Great Maker of the world, and blest,
The Saviour-Christ by man confessed,
True God of God and Light of Light,
Who art the Father's Image bright:

By love constrained thou hast assumed
Our mortal flesh which Adam doomed;
And all that he had lost of yore,
As Second Adam, didst restore.

Thy love made thee a Maker be―
It made thee make earth, stars, and sea,
And then for men, deliverance,
When sin marred such magnificence.

That mighty love can ne'er depart
From thy so wondrous-loving Heart;
To man a fount whose healing flow
Hath grace for every sin and woe.

For this thy Heart the spear did pierce,
Already torn by dolours fierce―
For this the blood and water came―
To cleanse man from his sin and shame.

We give thee praise, who dost impart
Such grace, O Jesu, from thy Heart;
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Ghost, for evermore.  Amen.