Sequence for Feast of Body and Blood of Christ
Ecce Panis Angelorum | Behold the Bread of Angels
A sequence is a poem / hymn that we say at important feasts. Tomorrow we will say Behold the Bread of Angels which is the last four verses of a longer piece of writing by St Thomas Aquinas called Lauda Sion (1274).
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Ecce Panis Angelorum Behold the Bread of
Angels,
Factus
cibus viatorum made the food of
wayfarers,
Vere
panis filiorum, Truly the bread of
children,
Non mittendus
canibus. not to be given to the
dogs.
In
figuris praesignatur, Presignified by figure,
Cum
Isaac immolatur, When Isaac was immolated,
Agnus
Paschae deputatur, the Paschal Lamb was
commanded,
Datur manna
patribus. Manna was given to
the fathers.
Bone
pastor, panis vere, Good shepherd, true Bread,
Jesu,
nostri miserere: Jesus, have mercy on us;
Tu
nos pasce, nos tuere, Feed us, protect us,
Tu
nos bona fac videre In Make us to see good
things
terra viventium. in the land of the living.
Tu
qui cuncta scis et vales, Thou who knowest and
willest all things,
Qui
nos pascis hic mortales: Who feeds us mortals by
This;
Tuos
ibi commensales, Make thine own to be
partakers of,
Coheredes
et sodales coheirs and citizens in
Fac sanctorum
civium. that holy City of Saints
Panis Angelicus
What some may also recognise is the hymn Panis Angelicus which are the last two verses of a longer hymn celebrating the Eucharist known as Sacris solemniis