5th Sunday after Pentecost 2025
Processional hymn: My God, Accept My Heart This Day, 942
Recessional hymn: Lord, Enthroned in Heav’nly Splendor, 939
Kyriale: XI, 740; Credo: II, 772
Antiphon after Offertory: Ave Verum Corpus, Chant
Hymn during Communion: Festivis resonent, Chant
The prayer Ave Verum Corpus is a short Eucharistic hymn dating from the 14th century and attributed to Pope Innocent VI (d. 1362). During the Middle Ages the prayer was sung at the elevation during the consecration at Mass.
The month of July is dedicated to the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord with its titular feast on the first of the month. The hymn sung at Vespers for this feast is Festivis resonent. The second verse translates as: While we, with tears and sighs profound,That memorable Blood record, Which, stretch’d on his hard Cross, from many a wound The dying Jesus pour’d.