Journeysongs (3rd ed.) ‎#564

564. 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)
• Latin Title: O salutaris hostia
• Author: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1227-1274
• Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878
• Meter: LM
• Language: English; Latin
• Publication Date: 2012
• Topic: Devotions: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; Praise; Rites of the Church: Exposition of the Holy Eucharist (Including Benediction); Salvation
• Source: Latin

Tune Information

• Name: WERNER
• Composer: Anthony Werner, fl. 1863
• Meter: LM
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Harm.: St. Michael's Choir School