Hail, True Body (Ave Verum Corpus)

Hail, True Body

Hail the true body, born of the Virgin Mary: You who truly suffered and were sacrificed on the cross for the sake of man.

From whose pierced side flowed water and blood: Be a foretaste for us in the trial of death.

O sweet, O gentle, O Jesu, son of Mary, have mercy on me.

Amen.