Rerum Creator optime (Who Madest All)
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| (St. Gregory the Great, 540–604 - found here) |
Who madest all and dost control,
Lord, with Thy touch divine,
cast out the slumbers of the soul,
the rest that in not Thine.
Look down, Eternal Holiness,
and wash the sins away,
of those, who, rising to confess,
outstrip the lingering day.
Our hearts and hands by night, O Lord,
we lift them in our need;
as holy Psalmists give the word,
and holy Paul the deed.
Each sin to Thee of years gone by,
each hidden stain lies bare;
we shrink not from Thine awful eye,
but pray that Thou wouldst spare.
Grant this, O Father, Only Son
and Spirit, God of grace,
to whom all worship shall be done
in every time and place. Amen.
cast out the slumbers of the soul,
the rest that in not Thine.
Look down, Eternal Holiness,
and wash the sins away,
of those, who, rising to confess,
outstrip the lingering day.
Our hearts and hands by night, O Lord,
we lift them in our need;
as holy Psalmists give the word,
and holy Paul the deed.
Each sin to Thee of years gone by,
each hidden stain lies bare;
we shrink not from Thine awful eye,
but pray that Thou wouldst spare.
Grant this, O Father, Only Son
and Spirit, God of grace,
to whom all worship shall be done
in every time and place. Amen.
~Attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604); Modified by Pope Urban VIII in 1632; Translation by St. John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890)
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