Don’t know how well-known this gem is, but it’s one of my favorites: Ave Verum by Colin Mawby, former master of music at Westminster Cathedral, London.
Ave verum corpus, natum
de Maria Virgine,
vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine
cuius latus perforatum
fluxit aqua et sanguine:
esto nobis praegustatum
in mortis examine.
O Iesu dulcis, O Iesu pie,
O Iesu, fili Mariae.
Miserere mei. Amen.
Hail, true Body, born
of the Virgin Mary,
who, having truly suffered, was sacrificed
on the cross for humankind,
whose pierced side
flowed with water and blood:
may it be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet]
in the trial of death.
O sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus,
O Jesus, son of Mary,
have mercy on me. Amen.
awr
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