Word: hostia
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Like most of his sermons, Father Heitker's sermon last week was short (it tires the deaf to concentrate for long on hands or lips). Then came Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. With signs priests and people sang O Salutaris Hostia, Tantum ergo. With signs they prayed for victory ("Oh Lord who art stronger than all the armies. . . .") and for the armed forces...
...From hostia (victim). The Host is a wheat wafer which, according to Catholic belief, has become the actual body and blood of Christ, Victim of Sacrifice...
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