O quam suavis est

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Text is from the Bible, book of Wisdom 12:1 and 16:21.

Common uses: Corpus Christi, First Vespers, Antiphon to the Magnificat.

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Text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

O quam suavis est, Domine, spiritus tuus,
qui ut dulcedinem tuam in filios demonstrares
pane suavissimo de caelo praestito,
esurientes reples bonis,
fastidiosos divites dimittens inanes.

English.png English translation

O how sweet is thy spirit, Lord,
thou who, in order to demonstrate thy sweetness to thy children,
send down from heaven the sweetest bread unsurpassed,
filling the hungry with good things,
sending away empty the disdainful rich!

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