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O Salutaris Hostia is from the last two verses of Verbum Supernum, one of the five Eucharistic Hymns written by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) at the request of Pope Urban IV (1261-1264) when the Pope first instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1264. The prayer is still used today, often at exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
English:
O saving Victim opening wide
The gate of heaven to all below
Our foes press on from every side
Your aid supply, Your strength bestow
To Your great name be endless praise
Immortal Godhead, One in Three
Oh, grant us endless length of days
In our true native land with You
Latin:
O Salutaris Hostia
Quae coeli pandis ostium
Bella premunt hostilia
Da robur fer auxílium
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria
O Salutaris Hostia is from the last two verses of Verbum Supernum, one of the five Eucharistic Hymns written by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) at the request of Pope Urban IV (1261-1264) when the Pope first instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1264. The prayer is still used today, often at exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
English:
O saving Victim opening wide
The gate of heaven to all below
Our foes press on from every side
Your aid supply, Your strength bestow
To Your great name be endless praise
Immortal Godhead, One in Three
Oh, grant us endless length of days
In our true native land with You
Latin:
O Salutaris Hostia
Quae coeli pandis ostium
Bella premunt hostilia
Da robur fer auxílium
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria
