Panis angelicus (Three Motets, Op. 80, No. 3)

Bread of Angels

Villette, Pierre (1926–1998)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

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:
United Music Publishers — 362-03410 (1996)

Text Information:
Reference: The last two stanzas of the hymn Sacris solemniis, Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)

Duration: 3:30
Lyrics:

Panis angelicus 
Fit panis hominum;
Dat panis coelicus 
Figuris terminum:
O res mirabilis! 
Manducat Dominum
Pauper, servus et humilis.

Te trina Deitas, 
Unaque poscimus,
Sic nos tu visita, 
Sicut te colimus;
Per tuas semitas 
Duc nos quo tendimus,
Ad lucem quam inhabitas. Amen.

English translation:
The bread of the angels 
becomes the bread of mankind; 
the bread of heaven 
is given a bounded form.
O wondrous thing! 
The poor, the slave and the humble one 
feed on their Lord.

Of you, threefold and 
one God, we ask: 
Come to visit us 
as we worship you; 
lead us on your paths 
to where we want to go: 
to the light in which you dwell. Amen.

Notes: SATB with divisi in all parts.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 16, 2022 Last updated: Feb 16, 2022