Catholic Book of Worship III ‎#689

689. 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 salutáris hóstia,
Quae caeli pandis óstium:
Bella premunt hostília,
Da robur fer auxílium.

2 Uni trinóque Dómino
Sit sempitèrna glória:
Qui vitam sine tèrmino
Nobis donet in pátria.

Text Information

• First Line: O saving victim, op'ning wide (O salutaris hostia)
• Title: O Saving Victim (O Salutaris)
• Author: Thomas Aquinas, 1227-1274
• Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 (alt.)
• Language: English; Latin
• Publication Date: 1994
• Topic: Deliverance; Eucharistic Devotion

Tune Information

• Name: WERNER
• Composer: Anthony Werner, fl. 1863
• Meter: LM
• Key: F Major