“Sweet Sacrament Divine”.

“Sweet Sacrament Divine”.

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Cor Jesu Sacratissimum.

Illustration: TWITTER, STAINED GLASS ZEALOT

“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.

Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.

Illustration: LOUVRE

Image: CHURCH OF SAINT AGNES

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Francis Stanfield (1835–1914) was an English Catholic Priest, Composer, and Hymnodist, who worked in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster and is noted for having written and composed several hymns including “Sweet Sacrament Divine”. He was the son of the painter Clarkson Stanfield.

Stanfield was born in London, one of the sons of the Marine Painter, and friend of Charles Dickens, Clarkson Frederick Stanfield.[1]

He was educated at St Edmund's College, Ware. After Ordination, his Parish was in Hertford. He then became involved in conducting Missions and Retreats. He was later Priest-in-Charge at Old Hall Green.[2]

Old Hall Green is a village in Hertfordshire, England. In 1793, an academy was established there to provide secondary education for Catholic boys and a Seminary to train Recusant Catholic Priests.

The Priests had been forced by the French Revolution to evacuate their facility at Douay (Douai), France. The Seminary was moved to Chelsea in 1975.

Stanfield wrote over a dozen Hymns for various occasions. He is noted as the author of the Hymn “Sweet Sacrament Divine”, for which he also composed the music; the tune being called “Divine Mysteries”.

His Hymn “Hear Thy Children, Gentle Jesus, While We Breathe Our Evening Prayer” uses the tune “Drakes Broughton” (by Elgar).[2]