Panis angelicus
fit panis hominum
dat panis coelicus
figuris terminum
O res mirabilis
manducat Dominum
pauper, 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.
Taken from "Sacris Solemniis", written by St. Thomas Aquinas before the year 1274. It is the Matins hymn for Corpus Christi.
fit panis hominum
dat panis coelicus
figuris terminum
O res mirabilis
manducat Dominum
pauper, 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.
- The angelic bread
- becomes the bread of men;
- The heavenly bread
- ends all prefigurations:
- What wonder!
- The Lord is eaten
- by a poor and humble servant.
- Triune God,
- We beg of you:
- visit us,
- just as we worship you.
- By your ways,
- lead us where we are heading,
- to the light in which you dwell
Taken from "Sacris Solemniis", written by St. Thomas Aquinas before the year 1274. It is the Matins hymn for Corpus Christi.
