Grace and peace, everyone. Here's a hymn or simple motet in Latin and English, perhaps for Christmas, Epiphany, Adoration, or the feast of the Sacred Heart.

1. Ubi erit domus tua,
Jesu Christe, born in cold?
Shall you make your dwelling solely
In a monstrance made of gold?
No, you wish a heart for brace;
Thieves of gold who turn to grace
Time well
Serving, tell
How you shine from ev'ry cell.

2. Ubi erit domus tua,
Jesu Christe, Child and King?
Could you be contented wholly
With the splendor wise men bring?
No; for you a beating heart,
Great Physician, stands as art;
May we
Vessels be
Of Your life-blood, boundless sea.

3. Ubi erit domus tua,
Jesu Christe, Man and God?
Take these hearts and make them holy,
Fit to live, to love, to laud;
Alpha and Omega nigh,
All your might we glorify;
Come, come,
Be at home,
Goodness, Truth, and Beauty known.

(c) 2023 Anna Bendiksen