- The Westminster Hymnal, 1939, 1958
- Nigerian Catholic Hymn Book, 1971
- The St Michael Hymnal (3rd edition)
- The Living Parish Hymnal.
It was included in a 1969 recording of hymns for Christ the King and Advent, made in Australia (ref), but no on-line examples have been found.
With meter 11.11.12.8, it is set to a tune called SACRIS SOLEMNIS which in 1939 was described as an "Old Downside tune" - based on this, it is assumed to be in the public domain.
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Lyrics
The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available page 77 of this book. The hymn has seven verses, each four lines long. A rough outline is1 Greet we this mystery yearly returning ...
2 Christ, in the sight of his brethren reclining ...
3 After that offering made for a token ...
4 His body fortified spirits that sickened ...
5 Thence this unaltering sacrifice floweth ...
6 Man makes repast in this banquet supernal ...
7 0 gracious Trinity, fill, we implore thee ...
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