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O Salutaris
Latin
O Salutaris Hostia
Source annotation: This is most commonly a Benediction hymn. While not mandatory, the Church nevertheless makes frequent use of it at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, adoration, and Eucharistic processions. It is one of the most famous chants in existence. It was written by St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor. He wrote the hymn Verbum Supernum Prodiens (of which O Salutaris Hostia is the last two stanzas) for the feast of Corpus Christi.
O Sanctissima
Source annotation: O Sanctissima is a Roman Catholic hymn in Latin to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is claimed that the tune of the hymn is Sicilian. The tune is sometimes called Sicilian Mariners Hymn or Mariners Hymn.
