O sacrum convivium

General Information

Antiphon to the Magnificat, Second Vespers, Corpus Christi; cf. 1 Cor. 11:26, Rom 8:18. A traditional prayer honoring the Blessed Sacrament.

Musical settings at CPDL

Anonymous Ambrosian chant Gregorian chant 15c setting a 3 from (Trent 88) Gregor Aichinger a 3 +bc Jacques Arcadelt a 5 Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei a 4 Douglas Brooks-Davies a 4 +org William Byrd a 4 pari André Campra S & bc Mark Chapman a 4 Giovanni Paolo Cima a 2 +bc Giovanni Croce a 4 a 5 Adrian Cuello (both a 4) First setting Second setting Andrea Gabrieli a 5 Giovanni Giorgi a 4 J. Grimm a 4 Francisco Guerrero a 6

Oliver Hayes a 5 Hans Leo Hassler a 7 Joachim Kelecom a 4 Orlando di Lasso a 5 Franz Liszt alto & unison choir +org Luca Marenzio a 4 Tiburtio Massaino a 8 Benedetto Pallavicino a 8 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi a 4 Lorenzo Perosi Roberto Remondi Déodat de Séverac Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Thomas Tallis Francisco Valls Ludovico da Viadana Tomás Luis de Victoria a 4 (SSAT or TTBarB) a 6 (SAATTB) Georg Viktor Weber Thurlow Weed

Original text and translations

Latin text

O sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur;
recolitur memoria passionis ejus;
mens impletur gratia;
et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.
(Alleluia)

Latin text

Brooks-Davies version,
O sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur;
recolitur memoria passionis ejus;
mens impletur gratia;
et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur, alleluia.
Panem de caelo praestitisti eis
Omnem delectamentum in se habentem.

English translation Translation supplied by The St. Ann Choir, directed by William Mahrt

O sacred banquet, wherein Christ is received;
the memorial of his passion is renewed;
the soul is filled with grace;
and a pledge of future glory is given to us.
(Alleluia)
Brooks-Davies version adds:,
You gave them bread from heaven
Containing in itself all sweetness.

French translation O banquet sacré
où l'on reçoit le Christ !
On célèbre le mémorial de sa passion,
l'âme est remplie de grâce et,
de la gloire future,
le gage nous est donné.
Alleluia

German translation O heiliges Gastmahl, bei dem Christus verzehrt wird:
Das Gedächtnis seines Leidens wird erneuert,
der Geist wird erfüllt mit Dankbarkeit,
und uns wird ein Pfand der zukünftigen Herrlichkeit gegeben.
(Halleluja!)

External links

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