AVE VERUM Corpus
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Natum de Maria Virgine,
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Vere passum, immolatum
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In cruce pro homine,
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Cuius latus perforatum
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Fluxit aqua et sanguine,
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Esto nobis praegustatum
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Mortis in examine.
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[Translation:]
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HAIL, true Body, truly born
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Of the Virgin Mary mild
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Truly offered, wracked and torn,
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On the Cross for all defiled,
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From Whose love-pierced, sacred side
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Flowed Thy true Blood's saving tide:
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Be a foretaste sweet to me
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In my death's great agony.
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Ave Verum Corpus
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| Beth Nielsen Chapman |
