Tantum Ergo

1 min

Down in adoration falling,

This great Sacrament we hail;

Over ancient forms of worship

Newer rites of grace prevail;

Faith will tell us Christ is present,

When our human senses fail.

To the everlasting Father,

And the Son who reigns on high,

With the Holy Ghost proceeding

Forth from Each eternally,

Be salvation, honour, blessing,

Might and endless majesty. Amen.

V. Thou hast given them bread from heaven.

R. Having within it all sweetness.

Let us pray.

O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament left us a memorial of thy Passion, grant, we beseech thee, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of thy Body and Blood, that we may ever feel within ourselves the fruit of thy Redemption. Thou who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.

Tantum ergo Sacramentum

veneremur cernui:

et antiquum documentum

novo cedat ritui:

praestet fides supplementum

sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque

laus et iubilatio,

salus, honor, virtus quoque

sit et benedictio:

procedenti ab utroque

compar sit laudatio. Amen.

V. Panem de caelo praestitisti eis.

R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem.

Oremus.

Deus, qui nobis sub sacramento mirabili passionis tuae memoriam reliquisti: tribue, quaesumus, ita nos corporis et sanguinis tui sacra mysteria venerari, ut redemptionis tuae fructum in nobis iugiter sentiamus. Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. Amen.