PRAYERS · EUCHARISTIC HYMN

Tantum Ergo Sacramentum (Down in Adoration Falling)

St. Thomas AquinasBenedictionEucharistAdoration
Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail, Lo! o'er ancient forms departing Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail. To the Everlasting Father, And the Son who reigns on high With the Holy Ghost proceeding Forth from Each eternally, Be salvation, honor, blessing, Might and endless majesty. Amen. V. Thou hast given them bread from heaven. R. Having within it all sweetness. Let us pray: O God, who under a wonderful Sacrament hast left us a memorial of Thy Passion; grant us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, that we may ever feel within ourselves the fruit of Thy Redemption. Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.

SOURCES

  • St. Thomas Aquinas, trans. Edward Caswall, Lyra Catholica (1849, public domain)

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