This is beautiful. May the Heart of Jesus, present in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar in all the tabernacles of the world, be praised, adored and loved at every moment, even until the end of time. Amen.
Ave Verum Corpus natum is a short Eucharistic hymn dating from the 14th century and attributed to Pope Innocent VI (d 1362). During the Middle Ages it was sung at the elevation of the Host during the consecration. It was also used frequently during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The text below is one of the four variants of the hymn that have come down to us.
AVE verum Corpus natum De Maria Virgine: Vere passum, immolatum In cruce pro homine: Cuius latus perforatum Fluxit aqua et sanguine: Esto nobis praegustatum Mortis in examine. O Iesu dulcis! O Iesu pie! O Iesu Fili Mariae. Amen.
HAIL, true Body, truly born Of the Virgin Mary mild Truly offered, wracked and torn, On the Cross for all defiled, From Whose love pierced, sacred side Flowed Thy true Blood's saving tide: Be a foretaste sweet to me In my death's great agony. O my loving, Gentle One, Sweetest Jesus, Mary's Son. Amen.
Isn't it amazing how this endures, over centuries and centuries?
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Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMay the Heart of Jesus, present in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar in all the tabernacles of the world, be praised, adored and loved at every moment, even until the end of time. Amen.
I love this hymna little history..
ReplyDeleteAve Verum Corpus natum is a short Eucharistic hymn dating from the
14th century and attributed to Pope Innocent VI (d 1362). During the Middle Ages it was sung at the elevation of the Host during the consecration. It was also used frequently during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The text below is one of the four variants of the hymn that have come down to us.
AVE verum Corpus natum
De Maria Virgine:
Vere passum, immolatum
In cruce pro homine:
Cuius latus perforatum
Fluxit aqua et sanguine:
Esto nobis praegustatum
Mortis in examine.
O Iesu dulcis!
O Iesu pie!
O Iesu Fili Mariae. Amen.
HAIL, true Body, truly born
Of the Virgin Mary mild
Truly offered, wracked and torn,
On the Cross for all defiled,
From Whose love pierced, sacred side
Flowed Thy true Blood's saving tide:
Be a foretaste sweet to me
In my death's great agony.
O my loving, Gentle One,
Sweetest Jesus,
Mary's Son. Amen.
Isn't it amazing how this endures, over centuries and centuries?