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Down in Adoration Falling

Also known as Tantum Ergo, Pange Lingua

The last two verses of St. Thomas Aquinas’s hymn for Corpus Christi, sung at Benediction while the Blessed Sacrament is incensed.

Traditional English

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.

To the everlasting Father,
and the Son who reigns on high,
with the Holy Spirit proceeding
forth from each eternally,
be salvation, honour, blessing,
might and endless majesty.
Amen.

V.Thou hast given them bread from heaven,
R.having within it all sweetness.

Latin

Tantum ergo Sacraméntum
venerémur cérnui,
et antíquum documéntum
novo cedat rítui;
præstet fides suppleméntum
sénsuum deféctui.

Genitóri Genitóque
laus et iubilátio,
salus, honor, virtus quoque
sit et benedíctio;
procedénti ab utróque
compar sit laudátio.
Amen.

Source

The Raccolta (English edition, 1910)

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