Qui manducat meam carnem

General information

Communion for Pentecost IX, Corpus Christi(AB), OT 15(alt.), OT 20(B), OT 21(alt.).
Source of text is John 6:57. Solesmes gives "meam carnem" for the Responsory and "carnem meam" for the Communion, but Dominican books "meam carnem" for the Communion as well.

Settings by composers

• Jacob Handl TTTBB
• Heinrich Isaac SATB
• Nobuaki Izawa SATB
• Claudio Merulo SSAB, ATTB or TTBB
• Francisco Valls ST.SATB

 

Text and translations

Latin text Qui manducat meam carnem et bibit meum sanguinem in me manet et ego in illo.

German translation Wer mein Fleisch ißt und mein Blut trinkt, bleibt in mir und ich in ihm.

English translation He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me, and I in him.