Corpus Christi — Saint Mark's Fitzroy

First Reading: Deuteronomy 8.2-3, 14-16: Manna in the wilderness, water from the rock

Responsorial Psalm: 147.12-13, 14-15, 19-20 (R. 12a)

Response:

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10.16-17: One bread

Gospel Acclamation:

Gospel: John 6.51-59 The living bread

Hymn: Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee

[Choir of St Edmundsbury Cathedral]

Words: Thomas Aquinas (1227-74), trans James R. Woodford (1820-85)
Tune: ADORO TE DEVOTE. Mode V

1. Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee,
who in thy Sacrament art pleased to be;
both flesh and spirit in thy presence fail,
yet here thy presence we devoutly hail.

2. O blest memorial of our dying Lord,
who living bread to men doth here afford!
O may our souls for ever feed on thee,
and thou, O Christ, for ever precious be.

3. Fountain of goodness, Jesu, Lord and God,
cleanse us, unclean, with thy most cleansing blood;
increase our faith and love, that we may know
the hope and peace which from thy presence flow.

4. O Christ, whom now beneath a veil we see,
may what we thirst for soon our portion be,
to gaze on thee unveiled, and see thy face,
the vision of thy glory and thy grace.