Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

O salutaris hostia
James D. Wetzel (b. 1987)

O salutaris hostia, 
quae caeli pandis ostium: 
bella premunt hostilia, 
da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino 
sit sempiterna gloria, 
qui vitam sine termino 
nobis donet in patria.  Amen.

O saving Victim, 
who opens the gate of heaven, 
hostile wars press on us:
your strength bestow, your aid supply.

To the Lord One in Three, 
may there be sempiternal glory; 
for life without end 
he gives to us in our homeland.  Amen.
~Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Lent I at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2021

Lent I, 2021

Wetzel: O salutaris hostia

Organist Jeffrey Dexter (together with spouse, Daphne) is Parish Musician at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Wooster, Ohio. Dexter also serves as Vice-president and Tonal Director of Schantz Organ Company in Orrville, Ohio.

Dexter studied organ and sacred music at Illinois Wesleyan University - Bloomington, and accomplished additional study with Paul Manz.

Wetzel: O salutaris hostia

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