Worship (4th ed.) ‎#162

162. Exposition

1 O saving Victim, op'ning wide
The gate of heav'n to all below!
Our foes press on from ev'ry side;
Your aid supply, your strength bestow.

2 To your great name be endless praise,
Immortal Godhead, One in Three;
O grant us endless length of days
When our true native land we see.

LATIN -
1 O salutaris hostia,
Quae caeli pandis ostium:
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur fer auxilium.

2 Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria:
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria.

Text Information

• First Line: O saving Victim, op'ning wide (O salutaris hostia)
• Title: Exposition
• Author: Thomas Aquinas, 1227-1275
• Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 (alt.)
• Translator: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 (alt.)
• Refrain First Line: O salutaris hostia
• Meter: LM
• Language: English; Latin
• Publication Date: 2011
• Topic: Rites of the Church: Eucharistic Expoisition and Benediction
• Notes: Liturgy for Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction

Tune Information

• Name: DUGUET
• Composer: Dieudonné Duguet, 1794-1849
• Meter: LM
• Key: E♭ Major