We hail thy Presence glorious
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We hail thy Presence glorious, O Christ our great high Priest, O'er sin and death victorious, At thy thanksgiving feast: As thou art interceding For us in heaven above, Thy Church on earth is pleading Thy perfect work of love. Through thee in every nation Thine own their hearts upraise, Offering one pure Oblation, One Sacrifice of praise: With thee in blest communion The living and the dead Are joined in closest union, One Body with one Head. O living Bread from heaven, Jesu, our Saviour good, Who thine own self hast given To be our souls' true food; For us thy body broken Hung on the Cross of shame: This Bread its hallowed token We break in thy dear name. O stream of love unending, Poured from the one true Vine, With our weak nature blending The strength of life divine; Our thankful faith confessing In thy life-blood outpoured, We drink this Cup of blessing And praise thy name, O Lord. May we thy word believing Thee through thy gifts receive, That, thou within us living, We all to God may live; Draw us from earth to heaven Till sin and sorrow cease, Forgiving and forgiven, In love and joy and peace. |
Laudamus te praesentem, O Christe Pontifex, gratum gratos alentem, quod est fugata nex. Tu sicut intercessor pro nobis es supra, quid feceris, professor est hic Ecclesia. Cor gentium levatur, quot sunt, ope tua, dum pura dedicatur laudantum hostia: vivis per te defuncti sunt uno Corpore feliciter coniuncti unoque Capite. Qui bene salvavisti nos, Panis vivide, te verum tu dedisti nutrimen animae: ut corpus Cruce datum tuum frangentibus perinde fragmentatum hunc Panem reddimus. O Amor sine fine vera vite effluens, cum vi nostram divine naturam nutriens, tuo quod fisi simus effuso sanguini, hoc poclum nunc haurimus cum laudibus tui. Donatum te sumamus, qui credimus tibi, et te contineamus satellites Dei; culpa sine et dolore clementes, liberos, laetos cum pace amore ad caelum trahe nos. |