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O Salutaris Hostia

O Salutaris Hostia is the last two verses of St Thomas Aquinas's hymn Verbum Supernum, sung as the Blessed Sacrament is exposed at Benediction.

O saving Victim, opening wideThe gate of heaven to man below!Our foes press on from every side;Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.

To thy great name be endless praise,Immortal Godhead, One in Three!O grant us endless length of daysIn our true native land with thee. Amen.

Latin

O salutaris Hostia,Quae caeli pandis ostium:Bella premunt hostilia,Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque DominoSit sempiterna gloria,Qui vitam sine terminoNobis donet in patria. Amen.

Latin from the Complete Manual of Catholic Piety (1844)

From the Mass: The Holy Sacrifice (1915)

Questions

Who wrote it?

St Thomas Aquinas; English by Edward Caswall.

Is there a Latin version?

Yes, under the English on this page.

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