The next section in CWB II is songs for the worship of the Eucharist outside of Mass. Exposition and Adoration are not forms of liturgy nor spirituality to which I am drawn, but this book has plenty of music for it, most of which I have already blogged when looking at Corpus Christi.
This one is new to me and is a translation of Anima Christi which is supposedly by Pope John XXII. It is set to ANIMA CHRISTE by William Joseph Maher.
It is not new to my wife, the cradle Catholic however, who knows all the words and tells me it was played this Holy Thursday on the streaming of mass we have been watching from the Archdiocese of Brisbane. I must lack the imagination to participate online – especially with buffering and freezing – but without participating as an assembly, mass just doesn’t appear to function.
BIAB in fake organ mode:
1 Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast,
body of Christ, be thou my saving guest,
blood of my Saviour, bathe me in thy tide,
wash me with water flowing from thy side.2 Strength and protection may thy Passion be,
O blessèd Jesus, hear and answer me;
deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me,
so shall I never, never part from thee.3 Guard and defend me from the foe malign,
in death’s dread moments make me only thine;
call me and bid me come to thee on high
where I may praise thee with thy saints for aye.
The 1971 New Catholic Hymnal from the UK includes this in an Appendix, with a comment that the editiors noted its current popularity but expected it to disappear from use soon enough. They were mistaken: One of my African friends calls this hymn the national anthem of the Catholic church in Ireland.