When the priest opens the tabernacle, and incenses the Blessed
Sacrament, is sung the hymn:
O salutaris Hostia,
Quæ cœli pandis ostium;
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria.
Amen.
(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.
To Thy great name be endless praise,
Immortal Godhead, one in three!
Oh, grant us endless length of days
In our true native land with Thee.
Amen.)
Then is sung the hymn, _Tantum ergo Sacramentum_.
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui;
Præstet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
(Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail:
Lo! o’er ancient forms departing,
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying
Where the feeble senses fail.)
Genitori Genitoque
Laus et jubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.
(To the everlasting Father,
And the Son Who reigns on high,
With the Holy Ghost proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty!)
_V._ Panem de cœlo præstitisti eis. [Alleluia.]
(_V._ Thou didst give them bread from heaven. [Alleluia.])
_R._ Omne delectamentum in se habentem. [Alleluia.]
(_R._ Containing in itself all sweetness. [Alleluia.])
_Oremus._
(_Let Us Pray._)
Deus, qui nobis sub Sacramento mirabili, Passionis tuæ memoriam
reliquisti: tribue, quæsumus, ita nos corporis et sanguinis tui sacra
mysteria venerari, ut redemptionis tuæ fructum in nobis jugiter sentiamus.
Qui vivis, etc. Amen.
(O God, Who, under a wonderful sacrament, hast left us a memorial of Thy
Passion: grant us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of
Thy body and blood that we may ever feel within us the fruit of Thy
redemption. Who livest, etc. Amen.)
Here the Benediction is given with the Blessed Sacrament, all
bowing down in profound adoration.
Adoremus in æternum Sanctissimum Sacramentum!
(May we forever adore the Most Holy Sacrament!)