God, come to my assistance.
 - Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
 -  as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.
Amen. Alleluia.


HYMN          Pange Lingua

I shall praise the Savior's glory, of His flesh the mystery sing, and the blood, all price excelling, shed by our immortal King; God made man for our salvation, Who from virgin pure did spring. Born for us, and for us given, born a man like us below, Christ as man with man residing, lived the seed of truth to sow, suffered bitter death unflinching, and immortal love did show. On the night before He suffered, seated with His chosen band, Jesus, when they all had feasted, faithful to the law's command, far more precious food provided; gave Himself with His own hand. Word made flesh, true bread of heaven by His word made flesh to be; from the wine His blood is taken, though our senses cannot see; faith alone which is unshaken shows pure hearts the mystery. Therefore we, before Him falling, this great sacrament revere; ancient forms are now departed, for new acts of grace are here; faith our feeble senses aiding, makes the Savior's presence clear. To the everlasting Father, and to His Son Who reigns on high, with the Holy Ghost proceeding forth from each eternally, be all honor, glory, blessing, power and endless majesty. Amen.

Pange lingua gloriosi   Corporis mysterium,   Sanguinisque pretiosi,   Quem in mundi pretium   Fructus ventris generosi   Rex effudit Gentium.   Nobis datus, nobis natus   Ex inacta Virgine,   Et in mundo conversatus,   Sparso verbi semine,   Sui moras incolatus   Miro clausit ordine.   In suprema nocte coenae   Recumbus cum fratribus   Observata lege plene   Cibis in legalibus,   Cibum turbae duodenae   Se dat suis manibus.   Verbum caro, panem verum   Verbo carnem efficit:   Fitque sanguis Christi merum,   Et si sensus deficit,   Ad firmandum cor sincerum   Sola fides sufficit.   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.

Words: Thomas Aquinas; tr. Edward Caswall; Music: Pange Lingua 87.87.87 Mode III plainsong


PSALMODY

Antiphon 1: Christ the Lord is a priest for ever in the line of Melchizedeck; he offered up bread and wine.

A prince from the day of your birth
on the holy mountains;
from the womb before the dawn I begot you.

The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change.
"You are a priest for ever,
a priest like Melchizedeck of old."

The Master standing at your right hand
will shatter kings in the day of his wrath.

He shall drink from the stream by the wayside
and therefore he shall lift up his head. Glory...

Antiphon 1 Christ the Lord is a priest for ever in the line of Melchizedeck; he offered up bread and wine.


Antiphon 2 I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will offer a sacrifice of praise.

I trusted, even when I said:
I am sorely afflicted,
and when I said in my alarm:
"No man can be trusted."

How can I repay the Lord
for his goodness to me?
The cup of salvation I will raise;
I will call on the Lord's name.

My vows to the Lord I will fulfill
before all his people.
O precious in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of his faithful.

Your servant, Lord, your servant am I;
you have loosened my bonds.
A thanksgiving sacrifice I make;
I will call on the Lord's name.

My vows to the Lord I will fulfill
before all his people,
in the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem. Glory...

Alleluia.
Salvation, glory, and power to our God:
(Alleluia.)
his judgments are honest and true.
Alleluia (alleluia).

Alleluia.
Sing praise to our God, all you his servants,
(Alleluia.)
all who worship him reverently, great and small.
Alleluia (alleluia).

Alleluia.
The Lord our all-powerful God is King;
(Alleluia.)
Let us rejoice, sing praise, and give him glory.
Alleluia (alleluia).

Alleluia.
The wedding feast of the Lamb has begun,
(Alleluia.)
and his bride is prepared to welcome him.
Alleluia (alleluia). Glory...

                           Christ, the bread of heaven, grant us everlasting life.

Christ, Son of the living God, you commanded that this thanksgiving meal be done in memory of you,
 - enrich your Church through the faithful celebration of these mysteries.

Christ, eternal priest of the Most High, you have commanded your priests offer your sacraments,
 - may they help them to exemplify in their lives the meaning of the sacred mysteries which they celebrate.

Christ, bread from heaven, you form one body out of all who partake of the one bread,
 - refresh all who believe in you with harmony and peace.

Christ, through your bread you offer the remedy of immortality and the pledge of future resurrection,
 - restore health to the sick and living hope to sinners.

Christ, our king who is to come, you commanded that the mysteries which proclaim your death be celebrated until you return,
 - grant that all who die in you may share in your resurrection.


Our Father...


COLLECT
O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament
have left us a memorial of your Passion,
grant us, we pray,
so to revere the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood
that we may always experience in ourselves
the fruits of your redemption.
Who live and reign with God the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.


May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.



The English translation of Psalm Responses, Alleluia Verses, Gospel Verses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL); the English translation of Antiphons, Invitatories, Responsories, Intercessions, Psalm 95, the Canticle of the Lamb, Psalm Prayers, Non-Biblical Readings from The Liturgy of the Hours © 1973, 1974, 1975, ICEL; excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission.