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427. O Saving Victim (O Salutaris Hostia)

1 O saving Victim, open 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;
Grant us, for endless length of days,
In our true native land to be.

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, open wide (O salutaris Hostia)
Title: O Saving Victim (O Salutaris Hostia)
Latin Title: O salutaris hostia
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1227-1274
Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 (alt.)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2015
Topic: Rites of the Church: Exposition of the Holy Eucharist (Including Benediction); Devotions: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tune Information
Name: DUGUET
Composer (attributed to): Abbé Dieudonne Duguet, 1794-1849
Meter: LM
Key: E♭ Major



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