Worship (3rd ed.) ‎#757

757. O Saving Victim (O Salutaris)

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.

[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.
Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Saving Victim, op'ning wide
• Title: O Saving Victim (O Salutaris)
• Author: Thomas Aquinas, 1227-1275
• Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 (alt.)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: Body and Blood of Christ; Eucharist; Benediction; Comfort; Eternal Life; Heaven; Jesus Christ; Petition; Praise

Tune Information

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