O SALUTARIS HOSTIA. Hymn to the Blessed Sacrament, “O Saving Victim, Opening Wide,” sung during Eucharistic Exposition. It forms the last two (fifth and sixth) verses of Verbum Supernum Prodiens, written by St. Thomas Aquinas, originally for Lauds on the feast of Corpus Christi. A standard English translation reads:
O saving Victim opening wide
The gate of heaven to man below!
Our foes press on from every side;
Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.
All praise and thanks to Thee ascend
Forevermore Blessed One in Three!
O grant us endless length of days,
In our true native land with Thee. Amen.
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