CPWI Hymnal ‎#623

623. The heavenly Word, proceeding forth

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PART 1 -
1 The heavenly Word, proceeding forth
yet leaving not the Father’s side,
accomplishing his work on earth
had reached at length life’s eventide.

2 By false disciple to be given
to foemen for his life athirst,
himself, the very bread of heaven,
he gave to his disciples first.

3 He gave himself in either kind,
his precious flesh, his precious blood;
in love's own fullness thus designed
of the whole man to be the food.

4 By birth their fellow-man was he,
their meat, when sitting at the board;
he died, our ransomer to be;
he ever reigns, their great reward.

PART TWO -
5 O saving Victim, opening wide
the gate of heaven to man below,
our foes press hard from every side:
thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.

6 All praise and thanks to thee ascend
for evermore, blest One in Three;
O grant us life that shall not end
in our true native land with thee.

Text Information

• First Line: The heavenly Word, proceeding forth
• Latin Title: Verbum supernum prodiens
• Author: Thomas Aquinas, 1227-1274
• Translator: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
• Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Sacraments and Other Occasions: Holy Communion

Tune Information

• Name: SOLEMNIS HAEC FESTIVITAS
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: D Major
• Source: Gradual, Paris, 1685; Arrangement: Editors of Hymns Ancient and Modern
• Copyright: Arrangement © Hymns Ancient and Modern (admin. Hope Publishing Co.)