Verbum caro, panem verum
Verbo carnem efficit,
Fitque sanguis Christi  merum.
Et si sensus deficit,
Ad firmandum cor since­ rum
Sola fides sufficit.
Tantum ergo sacramentum Veneremur cernui;
Et antiquum documentum Novo cedat ritui :
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori Genitoque Laus et jubilatio;
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio; Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.
Amen.
Word made Flesh, the
bread of nature,
By His Word to Flesh He turns;
Wine into His Blood He changes :
What though sense no change discerns ?
Only be the heart in earnest,
Faith her lesson quickly learns.
Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail,
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father,
And the Son Who reigns on high
With the Holy Ghost, proceeding
Forth from Each eternally, Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty.
Amen.

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