O Salutaris Hostia - Eriks Ešenvalds
Description
"O Salutaris Hostia" by Eriks Ešenvalds. Sung by Oasis Chorale at Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship in Ephrata, Pennsylvania on July 11, 2021.
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The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion
O Salutaris Hostia
Words by Thomas AquinasMusic by Ēriks EšenvaldsWritten 2009
O salutaris Hostia,
Quae caeli pandis ostium:
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria.
Amen.
Story Behind the Song
"O salutaris Hostia" is the final two stanzas of the Corpus Christi office hymn "Verbum supernum prodiens," written by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century for the Feast of Corpus Christi. These stanzas became widely used as a separate Eucharistic hymn, especially at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Ēriks Ešenvalds composed his choral setting in 2009, using the traditional Latin text.
Scripture
Found In
Liber Usualis, Roman Breviary, Adoremus Hymnal