Hoc corpus
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General information
Hoc corpus is the communion antiphon for Passion Sunday. The Gregorian melody is in the eighth mode.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
- Hoc corpus quod pro vobis tradetur:
- hic calix novi testamenti est in meo sanguine, dicit Dominus:
- hoc facite quotiescumque sumitis, in meam commemorationem.
English translation
- This is my body which is given for you;
- this cup is the new testament in my blood, saith the Lord:
- do this, as oft as ye shall meet together in remembrance of me.
German translation
- (Das ist) der Leib, der für euch hingegeben wird:
- Das ist der Kelch des neuen Bundes in meinem Blut, spricht der Herr:
- Tut dies, sooft ihr davon nehmt, zu meinem Gedächtnis.