Tantum Ergo II

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Tantum Ergo II

Tantum Ergo II

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One of nine a cappella settings of this noble prayer, customarily used for Benediction but also suitable as a general Eucharistic motet.

This second setting is one of my most popular works and has been performed in many places. The engraving of this particular score is by my fellow composer Chris Mueller and was chosen to be included in the Benedict XVI Institute's "New Sacred Music for Parish Liturgies," featuring the work of 14 living composers.

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.

Therefore such a great Sacrament
Let us venerate with bowed heads:
And let the ancient sign
Give way to the new rite:
Let faith serve as reinforcement
For the incapacity of the senses.

To the Begetter and to the Begotten
Praise and jubilation,
Salvation, honor, and virtue
And benediction let there be;
To the One proceeding from both,
Let there be an equal praising.
Amen.