Ave Verum Corpus

Today during the 11am High Mass at the Cathedral, the choir sang Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus for the offertory hymn. I was kinda surprised as I had not looked at the hymn sheet for the day and I always thought it was only meant for the feast of Corpus Christi - which is the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. But irregardless of when it is sung, under whatever circumstance, the hymn just simply ascends you into the highest heavens.

Ave verum corpus,

Natum de Maria Virgine,

Vere passum, immolatum

In cruce pro homine,

Cuius latus perforatum

Unda fluxit et sanguine,

Esto nobis praegustatum

In mortis examine.

Hail the true body,

Born of the Virgin Mary,

Truly suffered, sacrificed

On the Cross for mankind,

Whose pierced side

Flowed with water and blood,

Let it be for us, in consideration,

A foretaste of death.