Once, only once, and once for all
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Once, only once, and once for all, His precious life he gave; Before the Cross our spirits fall, And own it strong to save. One Offering, single and complete," With lips and heart we say; But what he never can repeat He shows forth day by day. For, as the priest of Aaron's line Within the Holiest stood, And sprinkled all the mercy-shrine With sacrificial blood; So he who once atonement wrought, Our Priest of endless power, presents himself for those he bought In that dark noontide hour. His Manhood pleads where now it lives On heaven's eternal throne, And where in mystic rite he gives Its Presence to his own. And so we show thy Death, O Lord, Till thou again appear; And feel, when we approach thy board, We have an altar here. All glory to the Father be, All glory to the Son, All glory, Holy Ghost, to thee, While endless ages run. |
Semel, semel nec saepius vitam dedit suam; crucem prostrati colimus ut salutiferam. "Semel se totum obtulit" ex corde dicimus; et iterare quod nequit diurnum fit opus. Ut pontifex Leviticus in adyto stetit, et victimarum haustibus sacellum maduit, sic nos aeternus antistes piator vindicat, quos emit cum meridies opertus fuerat. Humanus is supra sedens ibi intercessor fit, et hic mysterium gerens praesentem se facit. Praestamus hostiam Deum donec revenerit, et eius hic triclinium altare nobis fit. Sit nunc ubique Filio cum Patre gloria, sit gloria Paraclito nunc et per saecula. |