Hail True Body Truly Born |
Hail True Body Truly Born |
Ave Verum Corpus natum is a short Eucharistic hymn dating from the 14th century and attributed to Pope Innocent VI (d 1362). During the Middle Ages it was sung at the elevation of the Host during the consecration. It was also used frequently during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The text below is one of the four variants of the hymn that have come down to us. |
| AVE verum Corpus natum De Maria Virgine: Vere passum, immolatum In cruce pro homine: Cuius latus perforatum Fluxit aqua et sanguine: Esto nobis praegustatum Mortis in examine. |
HAIL, true Body, truly born Of the Virgin Mary mild Truly offered, wracked and torn, On the Cross for all defiled, From Whose love pierced, sacred side Flowed Thy true Blood's saving tide: Be a foretaste sweet to me In my death's great agony. |
| O Iesu dulcis! O Iesu pie! O Iesu Fili Mariae. Amen.1 |
O my loving, Gentle One, Sweetest Jesus, Mary's Son. Amen. |
1Another variation: O clemens, O pie/ O dulcis Jesu, Fili Mariae.
Translation: Fr. Edward Francis Garesche, SJ (1876-1960)
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