Lauda Sion Salvatorem (Corpus Christi Sequence)

Sion, lift thy voice and sing; Praise thy Saviour and thy King; Praise with hymns thy Shepherd true: Strive thy best to praise Him well, Yet doth He all praise excel; None can ever reach His due. See today before us laid The living and life-giving Bread, Theme for praise and joy profound! The same which at the sacred board Was, by our Incarnate Lord, Given to His Apostles round. Lo! the Angel's Food is given To the pilgrim who hath striven; See the children's Bread from heaven, Which on dogs may not be spent. Very Bread, Good Shepherd, tend us; Jesu, of Thy love befriend us; Thou refresh us, Thou defend us, Thine eternal goodness send us In the land of life to see: Thou who all things canst and knowest, Who on earth such Food bestowest, Grant us with Thy Saints, though lowest, Where the heavenly feast Thou showest, Fellow heirs and guests to be. Amen. Alleluia.