Adoramus te (Latin, "We adore Thee") is a stanza recited or sung mostly during the ritual of the Stations of the Cross. It is recited or sung between stations.

Though primarily a Catholic tradition, it is also practised in some confessional Anglican and Lutheran denominations during Good Friday liturgies, although recited generally in the vernacular.

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:Adoramus Te, Christe,<br />

:et benedicimus tibi,<br />

:quia per sanctam crucem tuam<br />

:redemisti mundum.<br />

:Qui passus es pro nobis,<br />

:Domine, Domine, miserere nobis.<br />

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:We adore Thee, O Christ,

:and we bless Thee,

:who by Thy Holy Cross

:hast redeemed the world.

:Thou, who hast suffered death for us,

:O Lord, O Lord, have mercy on us.

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