Adoro te devote

Adoro te devote is a Eucharistic hymn written by Saint Thomas Aquinas. Strictly speaking, Saint Thomas seems to have used it as a private prayer for adoration of the Eucharist, rather than as a hymn. The earliest evidence of it being set to music and used as a hymn arises only in the seventeenth century.

There are a number of variant readings to the Latin text, with slightly different nuances to some of the words. This does not affect the overall meaning of the lines or stanzas.

There have been at least 16 significant English translations of the Adoro te devote, reflecting its popularity as a prayer and hymn. The following table contains three translations by significant English speaking poets and hymn writers.

Additional translations, with their opening line, are as follows:

This hymn is typically used as a Eucharistic hymn and is sung either during the distribution of communion at Mass or during the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Sometimes the sixth verse "Pie Pelicane, Jesu, Domine" is used as a separate shorter hymn during Benediction.

The Hymn can be heard performed to its traditional medieval melody on YouTube as Adoro Te Devote - Catholic Hymns, Gregorian Chant

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