​Ave Verum Corpus

Text: Pope Innocent IV, 1282-1362
Music: W.A. Mozart, 1756-1791


Ave, verum corpus,
natum de Maria Virgine,
vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine.
Cujus latus perforatum
fluxit aqua et sanguine, 
esto nobis praegustatum,
in mortis examine.

Hail, true Body,
born of the Virgin Mary,
having truly suffered, sacrificed
​on the cross for mankind,
from whose pierced side
water and blood flowed:
Be for us a sweet foretaste
in the trial of death!

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