LA FÊTE DU TRÈS SAINT SACREMENT / SEQUENCE

LAUDA SION

St. Thomas Aquinas 1274

This Sequence is never said at Votive Masses.

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1	Láuda Síon Salvatórem, Láuda dúcem et pastórem, In hýmnis et cánticis.	Sion, lift thy voice and sing; / Praise thy Saviour and thy King; / Praise with hymns thy Shephered true.
2	Quantum pótes, tantum áude: Quia májor ómni láude, Nec laudáre súfficis.	Strive thy best to praise Him well, / Yet doth He all praise excel; / None can ever reach His due.
3	Láudis théma speciális, Pánis vívus et vitális Hódie propónitur.	See to-day before us laid / The living and life-giving Bread, / Theme for praise and joy profound.
4	Quem in sácræ ménsa coénæ Túrbæ frátrum duodénæ Dátum non ambígitur.	The same which at the sacred board / Was by our incarnate Lord, / Giv'n to His apostles round.
5	Sit laus pléna, sít sonóra, Sit jucúnda, sit decóra Méntis jubilátio.	Let the praise be loud and high; / Sweet and tranquil be the joy / Felt to-day in every breast;
6	Díes enim solémnis ágitur, In qua ménsæ príma recólitur Hújus institútio.	On this festival divine, / Which records the origin / Of the glorious Eucharist.
7	In hac ménsa nóvi Régis, Nóvum Páscha nóvæ légis, Pháse vétus términat.	On this table of the King, / Our new paschal offering / Brings to end the olden rite.
8	Vetustátem nóvitas, Umbram fúgat véritas, Nóctem lux elíminat.	Here, for empty shadows fled, / Is reality instead; / Here, instead of darkness, light.
9	Quod in coéna Chrístus géssit, Faciéndum hoc expréssit In súi memóriam.	His own act, at supper seated, / Christ ordained to be repeated / In His memory divince;
10	Dócti sácris institútis, Pánem, vínum, in salútis Consecrámus hóstiam.	Wherefore now, with adoration, / We the Host of our salvation / Consecrate from bread and wine.
11	Dógma dátur christiánis, Quod in cárnem tránsit pánis, Et vínum in sánguinem.	Hear what holy Church maintaineth, / That the bread its substance changeth / Into flesh, the wine to blood.
12	Quod non cápis, quod non vídes, Animósa fírmat fídes, Praeter rérum órdinem.	Doth it pass thy comprehending? / Faith, the law of sight transcending, / Leaps to things not understood.
13	Sub divérsis speciébus, Sígnis tantum, et non rébus, Látent res exímiæ.	Here, beneath these signs are hidden / Priceless things, to sense forbidden; / Signs, not things, are all we see:
14	Cáro cíbus, sánguis pótus: Mánet tamen Chrístus tótus, Sub utráque spécie.	Flesh from bread, and blood from wine, / Yet is Christ in either sign / All entire, confessed to be.
15	A suménte non concísus, Non confráctus, non divísus: Integer accípitur.	They too who of Him partake, / Sever not, nor rend, nor break, / But entire their Lord receive.
16	Súmit únus, súmunt mille: Quantum ísti, tantum ílle: Nec súmptus consúmitur.	Whether one or thousands eat, / All receive the selfsame meat, / Nor the less for others leave.
17	Súmunt bóni, súmunt máli: Sórte tamen inæquáli, Vítæ vel intéritus.	Both the wicked and the good / Eat of this celestial food; / But with ends how opposite!
18	Mors est mális, víta bónis: Víde páris sumptiónis Quam sit díspar éxitus.	Here 't is life, and there 't is death, / The same, yet issuing to each, / In a difference infinite.
19	Frácto demum sacraménto, Ne vacílles, sed meménto Tantum ésse sub fragménto, Quantum tóto tégitur.	Nor a single doubt retain, / When they break the host in twain, / But that in each part remain, / What was in the whole before.
20	Núlla réi fit scissúra: Sígni tantum fit fractúra, Qua nec státus, nec statúra Signáti minúitur.	Since the simple sign alone / Suffers change in state or form, / The signified remaining one / And the same for evermore.
21	ECCE PÁNIS ANGELÓRUM, Fáctus cíbus viatórum Vere pánis filiórum, Non mitténdus cánibus.	Lo! upon the altar lies, / Hidden deep from human eyes, / Bread of angels from the skies, / Made the food of mortal man :
22	In figúris præsignátur, Cum Isáac immolátur, Agnus Páschæ deputátur, Dátur mánna pátribus.	Children's meat, to dogs denied : / In old types fore-signified : / In the manna heav'n-supplied, / Isaac, and the paschal Lamb.
23	Bóne pástor, pánis vére, Jésu, nóstri miserére: Tu nos pásce, nos tuére, Tu nos bóna fac vidére In térra vivéntium.	Jesu! Shephered of the sheep! / Thou Thy flock in safety keep. / Living Bread! Thy life supply; / Strengthen us, or else we die; / Fill us with celestial grace :
24	Tu qui cúncta scis et váles, Qui nos páscis hic mortáles: Túos ibi commensáles, Coherédes et sodáles Fac sanctórum cívium.	Thou, who feedest us below! / Source of all we have or know! / Grant that with Thy saints above, / Sitting at the feast of love, / we may see Thee face to face.
*	Amen. at Mass only Allelúia.	Amen. at Mass only Alleuia.