Learn the Latin of “O Salutaris Hostia” and “Tantum Ergo Sacramentum

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 05-31-16 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[Salvation]

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[Salvation]

Monsignor Pope Ping!

[Salvation]

Anyone else like me?

I always sing the Latin even though the priest might choose the English translation.

[rmichaelj]

For those interested, “Learning to Follow the Mass” by Lisa Bergman has the same literal translation with the English directly under the same word in Latin. Excellent for learning the Mass.

[trad_anglican]

Anyone else like me?

I aspire to be, but can't on this issue. I was raised on the translation from the 1940 Hymnal of the Episcopal Church:

Therefore we before Him bending,
This great sacrament revere.
Types and shadows have their ending,
For the newer rite is here.
Faith, our outward sense befriending,
Makes our inward vision clear.

Hard for me to see how you can improve on that.

[Kolokotronis]

Two of the most beautiful hymns of The Church, made even more so by being sung in The Church’s “second” Mother Tongue!

[Mrs. Don-o]

Third, if you count Aramaic.

[Chainmail]

Gratias Tibi Domine!

[Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey]

Nice.

But they're nothing compared to Marty Haugen or Dan Shutte ....

#coughinguncontrollably

[ebb tide]

Thanks. St Thomas amazes me to this day. I just said his prayer for students for my daughter taking finals today.

[Mrs. Don-o]

You mischievous snip, you.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I agree. His poetry makes me love him.

[Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey]

I try. ;)

[dsc]

“I just said his prayer for students for my daughter taking finals today.”

I found that, but I couldn’t find the Latin.

Great prayer. Of course. It’s Aquinas.

[dsc]

“But they’re nothing compared to Marty Haugen or Dan Shutte”

Beating my screen with a silver crucifix; looking for my silver bullets.

[chud]

I found that, but I couldn’t find the Latin.
Great prayer. Of course. It’s Aquinas.

Here ya go:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_ineffabilis

[dsc]

“Here ya go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_ineffabilis";

Thanks, but I seem to be confused.

I found Creator Ineffabilias, but that’s called the Prayer Before Study. I also found this, called The Student’s Prayer:

Creator of all things,
true source of light and wisdom,
origin of all being,
graciously let a ray of your light penetrate
the darkness of my understanding.
Take from me the double darkness
in which I have been born,
an obscurity of sin and ignorance.
Give me a keen understanding,
a retentive memory, and
the ability to grasp things
correctly and fundamentally.
Grant me the talent
of being exact in my explanations
and the ability to express myself
with thoroughness and charm.
Point out the beginning,
direct the progress,
and help in the completion.
I ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Is this a short version of Creator Ineffabilias, or a completely different prayer?

[dsc]

The materials at the end of those links—Study of the O Salutaris and Tantum Ergo Sacramentum—are fantastic.

A person—a younger person—could almost teach himself Latin from such materials.

[terycarl]

Sang them both in grade/high school...haven’t heard either in years.

[Salvation]

We have Benediction every week, so I know Tantum Ergo by heart. Have to follow the Latin words for O Salutaris Hostia, though.