Gather Comprehensive ‎#887

887. O Saving Victim

1 O saving Victim, op'ning wide
The gate of heav'n to us below!
Our foes press on from ev'ry side:
Your aid supply, your strength bestow.

2 To your great name be endless praise,
Immortal Godhead, One in Three;
O grant us endless length of days
When our true native land we see.

Text Information

• First Line: O Saving Victim, op'ning wide (O salutáris hóstia)
• Title: O Saving Victim
• Latin Title: O Salutaris
• Author: Thomas Aquinas, 1227-1275
• Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English; Latin
• Publication Date: 1994
• Topic: Rites of the Church: Benediction

Tune Information

• Name: DUGUET
• Composer: Dieu donne Duguet, d. 1767
• Meter: LM
• Key: E♭ Major