Schola Sanctae Scholasticae and St. Cecilia's Abbey, UK
1. Sion, praise the Savior, praise the leader and
the shepherd, in hymns and songs.
2. Dare as much as you can: because He is greater
than any praise, nor can you praise [Him] enough.
3. A theme of special praise, living and life-giving
bread is proposed today.
4. That this was given at table of the sacred dinner,
to the group of the twelve brothers, there is no
doubt.
5. Let praise be full, let it be sonorous, let it be a
joyful, let it be a fitting jubilation of the mind.
6. For a solemn day is celebrated, in which the first
institution of this meal is recalled.
7. At this meal of the new King, the new Pasch of the
new law ends the old Passover.
8. Newness chases old age away, truth [chases]
shadow [away], daylight eliminates night.
9. What Christ performed at the supper, He urged
that it be done in His memory.
10. Instructed by the sacred precepts, we consecrate
the bread, the wine into the victim of salvation.
11. A dogma is given to Christians: that bread passes
into flesh, and wine into blood.
12. What you do not grasp, what you do not see,
courageous faith confirms, beyond the order of
things.
13. Under the different species, signs only, and not
things themselves, extraordinary things lie
hidden.
14. Flesh is food, blood is drink: however, Christ
entire remains under either species.
15. [Christ] is not severed by the partaker, nor
broken, nor divided: He is received entire.
16. One partakes [of Him], a thousand partake: these
as much as that one: nor, when parktaken of, is
He consumed.
17. The good partake, the bad partake: with,
however, an unequal share of life and death.
18. It is death to the bad, life to the good: behold how
unlike is the result of like partaking.
19. Finally the sacrament having been broken, you
should not waver, but remember that under the
fragment there is as much as there is covered by
the whole.
20. There is no rending of the thing: there is only a
breaking of the sign, through which neither the
status nor the stature of the signified is
diminished.
21. Behold the Bread of Angels, become the food of
the pilgrims: truly the bread of the sons, which
cannot be thrown to the dogs.
22. It is presignified in types, when Isaac is brought
to be sacrificed, the Paschal lamb is chosen,
manna is given to the fathers.
23. Good shepherd, true bread, Jesus, have mercy on
us: feed us, protect us, make us see good things
in the land of the living.
24. You Who know and can do all things, You who
feed us mortals here, make us there your table
companions, coheirs and comrades of the holy
citizens.
Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ)
Use: Corpus Christi sequence
Note: Music from the Parish Book of Chant (CMAA, 2012, page 145) and used with permission from The Church Music Association of America. Book can be purchased at amazon.com and is also available by download from http://media.musicasacra.com/pdf/pbc-web.pdf