Ave verum corpus

Hail, True Body

Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835–1921)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, at the Evening Mass
Proper of Time → The Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time → The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) → Cycle A
Proper of Time → The Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time → The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) → Cycle B
Proper of Time → The Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time → The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) → Cycle C
Communion

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 431 (1981)

Text Information:
Reference: Ascribed to Innocent VI (d. 1362)

Lyrics:

Ave verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine,
vere passum immolatum in cruce pro homine.
Cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit et sanguine.
Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. Amen.

English translation:
Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary;
having truly suffered, sacrificed for man on the cross.
Whose pierced side flowed with water and blood.
Be for us a foretaste in the test of death. Amen.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 21, 2021 Last updated: Jan 26, 2022