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Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
O SALUTARIS HOSTIA.
O saving Victim, slain to bless,
Who openest heaven's bright gates to all;
The attacks of many a foe oppress;
Give strength in strife, and help in fall.
To God, the Three in One, ascend
All thanks and praise forevermore;
He grant the life that shall not end,
Upon the heavenly country's shore.
Amen.
TANTUM ERGO.
Therefore, we, before it bending,
This great Sacrament adore:
