~ Tantum Ergo ~ Tantum Ergo is the last two stanzas from the Eucharistic Hymn (Pange Lingua) composed by St. Thomas Aquinas and is used at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The response and the prayer at the end is a later addition used at Benediction. A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who recite it and a plenary indulgence is granted to those who recite it on Holy Thursday or Corpus Christi. Tantum Ergo Sacramentum in Latin Tantum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui: Et antiquum

The English translation of "Tantum Ergo", a liturgical hymn sung during Eucharistic adoration written by St. Thomas Aquinas | Missionary Families of Christ