- 1. Verbum supernum prodiens, nec Patris linquens dexteram,
- Ad opus suum exiens, venit ad vitæ vesperam.
- 2. In mortem a discipulo, suis tradendus æmulis,
- Prius in vitæ ferculo, se tradidit discipulis.
- 4. Se nascens dedit socium, convescens in edulium,
- Se moriens in pretium, se regnans dat in præmium.
- 5. O salutaris hostia, quæ cæli pandis ostium,
- Bella premunt hostilia; da robur, fer auxilium.
- 6. Uni trinoque Domino, sit sempiterna gloria:
- Qui vitam sine termino nobis donet in patria.
- The Word descending from above,
- without leaving the right hand of his Father,
- and going forth to do his work,
- reached the evening of his life.
- When about to be given over
- to his enemies by one of his disciples,
- to suffer death, he first gave himself
- to his disciples as the bread of life.
- Under a twofold appearance
- he gave them his flesh and his blood;
- that he might thus wholly feed us
- made up of a twofold substance.
- By his birth he gave himself as our companion;
- at the Last Supper he gave himself as our food;
- dying on the cross he gave himself as our ransom;
- reigning in heaven he gives himself as our reward
- O salutary Host,
- Who expandest the door of the sky,
- Hostile wars press.
- Give strength; bear aid.
- To the Lord One in Three,
- May there be sempiternal glory;
- May He grant us life without end
- In the native land.
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