[When the Stations are solemnly performed, they should be concluded, either by the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, or by that of the Cross of the Passion.]
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Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Tantum ergo Sacramentum,
Veneremur cernui;
Et antiquum documentum,
Novo cedat ritui:
Præstet fides supplementum,
Sensuum defectui.
To this mysterious table now,
Our knees, our hearts, and sense we bow;
Let ancient rites resign their place
To nobler elements of grace:
And faith for all defects supply,
Whilst sense is lost in mystery.
Genitori genitoque,
Laus et jubilatio:
Salus, honor, virtus quoque,
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque, Cmpar sit laudatio. Amen.
To God the Father, born of none,
To Christ his co-eternal Son,
And Holy Ghost, whose equal rays,
From both proceed, be equal praise:
One honour, jubilee, and fame,
For ever bless his glorious name. Amen.
