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Text:Let the Hungry Come to Me
Author (stanzas 1–3):Delores Dufner, OSB
Author (stanzas 4–5, attributed):Thomas Aquinas
Translator:Omer Westendorf
Tune:ADORO TE DEVOTE

459. Let the Hungry Come to Me

Text Information
First Line: Let the hungry come to me, let the poor be fed
Title: Let the Hungry Come to Me
Author (stanzas 1–3): Delores Dufner, OSB
Author (stanzas 4–5, attributed): Thomas Aquinas
Translator: Omer Westendorf
Meter: 12.12.11.11
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Blood of Christ; Body of Christ; Gathering (7 more...)
Source: Stanzas 4–5 “Adoro te devote,” attr. Thomas Aquinas (present-day Italy), 13th c.
Copyright: Stanzas 1–3 trans. © 1985 The Sisters of St. Benedict; Stanzas 4–5 trans. © World Library Publications, a div. of GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune Information
Name: ADORO TE DEVOTE
Meter: 12.12.11.11
Key: D Major
Source: plainsong, 13th c., Processionale (present-day France), 1697



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