O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine

O Sacred Heart! O Love Divine!
Do keep us near to Thee;
And make our love so like to Thine,
That we may holy be.

Heart of Jesus, hear!
O Heart of Love Divine!
Listen to our prayer:
Make us always Thine.

O Temple pure! O House of gold!
Our Heaven here below!
What sweet delights, what wealth untold,
From Thee do ever flow!

Heart of Jesus, hear!
O Heart of Love Divine!
Listen to our prayer:
Make us always Thine.

O wounded Heart! O Font of tears!
O Throne of grief and pain,
Whereon, for the eternal years,
Thy love for man doth reign!

Heart of Jesus, hear!
O Heart of Love Divine!
Listen to our prayer:
Make us always Thine.

Ungrateful hearts, forgetful hearts,
The hearts of men have been,
To wound Thy side with cruel darts
Which they have made by sin.

Heart of Jesus, hear!
O Heart of Love Divine!
Listen to our prayer:
Make us always Thine.

Theodore A. Metcalf