This familiar hymn is usually associated with the washing of the feet on Maundy Thursday. This great version is chanted by the ever profound Benedictines of Santo Domingo dos Silos. The two images I have used in creating the video are of Christ Healing the Sick by Benjamin West, and an icon of Christ feeding the multitude with loaves and fishes. Though this version skips the second stanza, the lyrics and translation for the whole hymn follow:

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exsultemus, et in ipso jucundemur.
Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Simul ergo cum in unum congregamur: Ne nos mente dividamur, caveamus.
Cessent iurgia maligna, cessent lites. Et in medio nostri sit Christus Deus.

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Simul quoque cum beatis videamus, Glorianter vultum tuum, Christe Deus:
Gaudium quod est immensum, atque probum, Saecula per infinita saeculorum. Amen.


Where charity and love are, God is there.
Christ's love has gathered us into one. Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him.
Let us fear, and let us love the living God. And may we love each other with a sincere heart.

Where charity and love are, God is there.
As we are gathered into one body, Beware, lest we be divided in mind.
Let evil impulses stop, let controversy cease, And may Christ our God be in our midst.

Where charity and love are, God is there.
And may we with the saints also, See Thy face in glory, O Christ our God:
The joy that is immense and good, Unto the ages through infinite ages. Amen.

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