Ave Verum Corpus

Mawby, Colin (1936–2019)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SSAATTBB

Accompaniment:
Organ

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Holy Week → Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, at the Evening Mass
Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Friday of the Passion of the Lord
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:
Mayhew Brodt — (1995)

Lyrics:

Ave verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine. 
Vere passum immolatum in cruce pro homine:
Cujus latus perforatum fluxit aqua et sanguine:
Esto nobis praegustatum mortis in examine.
O Jesu dulcis! O Jesu pie! O Jesu! fili Mariae.

Translation:
Hail true body born of the Virgin,
Who has truly suffered and was sacrificed on the cross
for mankind; Whose side was pierced and from whence
water flowed with blood:
Be for us a foretaste of bliss in our final examining.
O Jesu sweet! O Jesu kind! O Jesu! son of Mary.

Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: Mar 28, 2022 Last updated: Jun 24, 2022