Listen to the Heart of Jesus

Listen to the heart of Jesus
Hear His sweet and loving plaint,
Ope to Me your hearts my children,
Lo! I knock, the hour is late.
Will you turn from my entreaties,
Will you close to Me your hearts,
To Me, your Savior, tend'rest dearest,
Whose presence Heav'nly bliss imparts?

Deign, most loving Savior, Jesus,
Thy wayward children to receive,
No longer deaf to Thy sweet pleadings,
We'll rest forevermore in Thee.

Dearest Lord! behold returning,
Hearts long faithless to Thy love;
Mindful of Thy ardent yearnings,
To Thy loving heart we come!
Ah! too long from Thee we've wandered,
Fleeing from Thy fond embrace,
Sweetest Jesus, deign to pardon,
In Thy heart our stains efface.

Deign, most loving Savior, Jesus,
Thy wayward children to receive,
No longer deaf to Thy sweet pleadings,
We'll rest forevermore in Thee.

Heart of Jesus! sweet asylum!
In Thy depths we seek repose,
And, with filial love confiding,
Bring Thee all our cares and woes;
Here we find a peace delicious,
Pillowed on Thy loving breast,
And angels know not joys more blissful,
Nor any sweeter happiness

Deign, most loving Savior, Jesus,
Thy wayward children to receive,
No longer deaf to Thy sweet pleadings,
We'll rest forevermore in Thee.

Dearest Savior! deign to kindle
In our hearts Thy heavenly fire,
Burning with celestial ardors
May they in Thy love expire!
Open to us, loving Jesus,
Thy sweet Heart, ah! open wide.
In its sacred wound receive us,
Evermore we'll there abide!

Deign, most loving Savior, Jesus,
Thy wayward children to receive,
No longer deaf to Thy sweet pleadings,
We'll rest forevermore in Thee.

MIDI sequence copyright © 2002 Brian M. Ames.