Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) ‎#679

679. O Saving Victim (O Salutaris Hostia)

1 O saving Victim, op'ning wide
The gate of heav'n to us below,
Our foes press on from every side;
Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.

2 All praise and thanks to thee ascend
Forevermore, blest One in Three;
O grant us life that shall not end
In our true native land with thee.

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: O Saving Victim (O Salutaris Hostia)
• Author: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1227-1274
• Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878
• Meter: LM
• Language: English; Latin
• Publication Date: 2019
• Topic: Ritual Music: Adoration

Tune Information

• Name: WERNER
• Composer: Anthony Werner, fl. 1863
• Meter: LM
• Key: e minor or modal