Thanks be to thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which thou hast given us, for all the pains and insults which thou hast borne for us. O most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, may we know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, and follow thee more nearly, now and for evermore.
St Richard of Chichester, bishop, Chancellor of Oxford University, & patron of Sussex, died #OTD in 1253. This was the site of his shrine: pic.twitter.com/xIvbgg0NF7
— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) April 3, 2017
I wonder if the second half of this really does come from St. Richard of Chichester, and have started a blog post on it here:
https://liberlocorumcommunium.blogspot.com/2020/04/know-thee-more-clearly-love-thee-more.html
If anyone has a contribution to make, I would love to hear of it.
Very interesting, thanks Steve. It is truly beautiful and it would be nice to know to whom to give credit for it if the current popular understanding is not correct.