O quam suavis est

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle C
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

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 448 (1983)

Text Information:
Reference: Wisdom 12:1 and 16:21

Lyrics:

O quam suavis est, Domine, spiritus tuus, 
qui ut dulcedinem tuam in filios demonstrares
pane suavissimo de caelo praestito,
esurientes reples bonis, 
fastidiosos divites dimittens inanes.

English translation:
O how sweet, O Lord, is thy spirit, 
who, to show thy tenderness to thy children, 
feed them with thy sweetest bread from heaven, 
feeding the hungry with good things, 
and sending the disdainful rich away empty.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 13, 2022 Last updated: Dec 13, 2022