Lauda Sion (latim)
Lauda, sion, salvatorem,
Lauda ducem et pastorem
In hymnis et canticis.
Quantum potes, tantum aude,
Quia maior omni laude,
Nec laudare sufficis.
Laudis thema specialis,
Panis vivus et vitalis
Hodie proponitur.
Quem in sacrae mensa coenae
Turbae fratrum duodenae
Datum non ambigitur.
Sit laus plena, sit sonora ;
Sit iucunda, sit decora
Mentis iubilatio.
Dies enim solemnis agitur
In qua mensae prima recolitur
Huius institutio.
In hac mensa novi regis,
Novum pascha novae legis
Phase vetus terminat.
Vetustatem novitas,
Umbram fugat veritas,
Noctem lux eliminat.
Quod in coena christus gessit
Faciendum hoc expressit
In sui memoriam.
Docti sacris institutis,
Panem, vinum in salutis
Consecramus hostiam.
Dogma datur christianis
Quod in carnem transit panis
Et vinum in sanguinem.
Quod non capis, quod non vides
Animosa firmat fides
Praeter rerum ordinem.
Sub diversis speciebus,
Signis tantum et non rebus,
Latent res eximiae.
Caro cibus, sanguis potus,
Manet tamen christus totus
Sub utraque specie.
A sumente non concisus,
Non confractus, non divisus,
Integer accipitur.
Sumit unus, sumunt mille,
Quantum isti tantum ille,
Nec sumptus consumitur.
Sumunt boni, sumunt mali,
Sorte tamen inaequali
Vitae vel interitus.
Mors est malis, vita bonis :
Vide paris sumptionis
Quam sit dispar exitus.
Fracto demum sacramento,
Ne vacilles, sed memento
Tantum esse sub fragmento
Quantum toto tegitur.
Nulla rei fit scissura,
Signi tantum fit fractura
Qua nec status nec statura
Signati minuitur.
Ecce panis angelorum
Factus cibus viatorum,
Vere panis filiorum
Non mittendus canibus.
In figuris praesignatur,
Cum isaac immolatur,
Agnus paschae deputatur,
Datur manna patribus.
Bone pastor, panis vere,
Jesu nostri miserere,
Tu nos pasce, nos tuere,
Tu nos bona fac videre
In terra viventium.
Tu qui cuncta scis et vales
Qui nos pascis hic mortales,
Tuos ibi commensales,
Coheredes et sodales
Fac sanctorum civium.
Amen.
Praise, O Sion (Latin)
Praise, O Sion, the Savior,
Praise the leader and shepherd
In hymns and songs.
As much as you can, dare,
Because greater than all praise,
You are not able to praise enough.
The special theme of praise,
The living and life-giving bread
Is presented today.
Whom at the sacred table of the supper
The twelve brothers' crowd
Was given without doubt.
May there be full praise, may it be sonorous;
May it be joyful, may it be beautiful
The jubilation of the mind.
For a solemn day is celebrated
In which the first table is recalled
Of this institution.
At this table of the new king,
The new Passover of the new law
Ends the old phase.
Novelty in antiquity,
Truth drives away the shadow,
Light eliminates the night.
What Christ did at the supper
This is expressed to be done
In His memory.
Taught by sacred precepts,
We consecrate the bread, wine
Into the host of salvation.
A doctrine is given to Christians
That the bread passes into flesh
And the wine into blood.
What you do not grasp, what you do not see
The courageous faith confirms
Beyond the order of things.
Under different species,
Only in signs and not in reality,
Lie hidden extraordinary things.
Flesh is food, blood is drink,
Yet Christ remains whole
Under each species.
He is not cut by the one who receives,
Not broken, not divided,
He is received whole.
One receives, a thousand receive,
As much as the former, so the latter,
Nor is the recipient consumed.
The good receive, the evil receive,
Yet with unequal fate
Of life or death.
Death is for the wicked, life for the good:
See the equal consumption
How different is the outcome.
After the breaking of the sacrament,
Do not hesitate, but remember
That there is as much under a fragment
As is covered by the whole.
There is no division of the reality,
Only a breaking of the sign
By which neither the state nor the stature
Of the one who is signed is diminished.
Behold the bread of angels
Made food for travelers,
Truly the bread of children
Not to be thrown to the dogs.
In figures it is prefigured,
When Isaac is sacrificed,
The Lamb of the Passover is designated,
The manna is given to the fathers.
Good shepherd, truly bread,
Jesus, have mercy on us,
Feed us, protect us,
Let us see good things
In the land of the living.
You who know and can do all things,
Who feed us here as mortals,
Make us there your guests,
Coheirs and companions
Of the holy citizens.
Amen.