Tantum Ergo
Down in Adoration Falling
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Down in adoration failing,
Veneremur cernui
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
Et antiquum documentum
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing,
novo cedat ritui
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Praestet fides supplementum
Faith for all defects supplying,
Sensuum defectui
Where the feeble senses fail.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et jubilatio
To the everlasting Father,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
And the Son who reigns on high,
Sit et benedictio
With the Holy Spirit proceeding
Procedenti ab utroque
Forth from each eternally,
Compar sit laudatio. AmenBe salvation, honour, blessing,
Might, and endless majesty.
V. You gave them Bread from heaven.
R. Having all sweetness within it.
Let us pray.
O God, who under this wonderful Sacrament has left us the memorial of Your Passion;
grant us, we beseech You, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of Your Body and Your Blood,
that we may constantly experience within us the fruit of Your redemption.
Who lives and reigns, world without end. Amen