I. NATIVITAS DOMINI
[English]
Potestate, non natura,
Fit Creator creatura,
Reportetur ut factura
Factoris in gloria.
Praedicatus per prophetas,
Quem non capit locus, aetas,
Nostrae sortis intrat metas,
Non relinquens propria.
Castitatis in tenorem,
Plasma gignit plasmatorem,
Virgo parit amatorem,
Lactat patrem filia.
Argumentum geniturae
Hujus nescit jus naturae;
Suae legis fracto jure,
Stupet de potentia.
Coelum terris inclinatur,
Homo-Deus adunatur;
Adunato famulatur
Coelestis familia.
Rex sacerdos consecratur
Generalis, quod monstratur
Cum pax terris nuntiatur
Et in altis gloria.
Causa quaeris, modum rei:
Causa prius omnes rei,
Modus justum velle Dei,
Sed conditum gratia.
O quam dulce condimentum
Nobis mutans in pigmentum
Cum aceto fel cruentum
Degustante Messya!
O salubre sacramentum,
Quod nos ponit in jumentum
Plagis nostris dans unguentum
Ille seSamaria !
Ille alter Elyseus,
Reputatus homoreus ,
Suscitavit homo-Deus
Sunamitis puerum.
Hic est gigas currens fortis
Qui, destructo lege mortis,
Ad amoena primae sortis
Ovem fert in humerum.
Vivat, regnat Deus-homo,
Trahens orco lapsum pomo;
Coelo tractus gaudet homo
Denum complens numerum.
Patris mater, meta vatum,
Ora Patrem, jube natum,
Nos ut ducat ad hunc statum
Plenum pace, gloria,
Quo refecti
Visu Dei
Cantemus Alleluia.
- Amen dicant omnia!
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I. CHRISTMAS
[Latin]
The Creator, not by nature
But by might, becomes a creature,
That with glory the Creator
May His creature once more crown.
Presaged in the prophets' pages,
He, Who of no place or age is,
Enters on our life's brief stages,
Not relinquishing His own.
Virgin still, the creature giveth
Birth to Him through Whom she liveth;
Maiden's womb her spouse conceiveth;
Daughter's breasts her father feed.
Nature's law no instance knoweth
Of such birth as this one showeth;
And, since it all law o'erthroweth,
Nature trembles at the deed.
Heaven to earth hath condescended;
Man is with the Godhead blended,
And the Man-God is attended
By celestial ministry.
That, as priest, is consecrated
Heaven's king, is demonstrated;
Peace on earth is promulgated;
Glory unto God on high!
Ask'st thou why? how? this beginneth.
Why? because mankind first sinneth;
How? God's just will then combineth
With His grace to break sin's thrall.
O how sweet their blended savour,
Changing into spiced wine's flavour,
When Christ tasted, man to favour,
Bitter vinegar and gall!
O dread mystery, soul-reviving!
WhenSamaria 's
son arriving
Sets, for wounds a balm contriving,
On His own beast those that fall!
He, Elisha's true successor,
God-man, counted a transgressor,
To the Shunamite, to bless her,
Hath restored her son again.
As a giant runs He joying,
Who, His shoulder's strength employing,
Bears His sheep, Death's law destroying,
Back to primal joys of men.
Ad God-man He lives and reigneth,
And lost man from hell restraineth;
Man with joy heaven's realms obtaineth,
Filling up its orders ten.
Heaven's Sire's mother, goal of sages!
Pray that Father through all ages,
Tell thy Son to point our stages
To where peace and glory reign;
Till there, being
Braced, God seeing,
Lift we Alleluia's strain,
Let creation say “Amen!”
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INDEX
[English]
Potestate, non natura,
Fit Creator creatura,
Reportetur ut factura
Factoris in gloria.
Praedicatus per prophetas,
Quem non capit locus, aetas,
Nostrae sortis intrat metas,
Non relinquens propria.
Castitatis in tenorem,
Plasma gignit plasmatorem,
Virgo parit amatorem,
Lactat patrem filia.
Argumentum geniturae
Hujus nescit jus naturae;
Suae legis fracto jure,
Stupet de potentia.
Coelum terris inclinatur,
Homo-Deus adunatur;
Adunato famulatur
Coelestis familia.
Rex sacerdos consecratur
Generalis, quod monstratur
Cum pax terris nuntiatur
Et in altis gloria.
Causa quaeris, modum rei:
Causa prius omnes rei,
Modus justum velle Dei,
Sed conditum gratia.
O quam dulce condimentum
Nobis mutans in pigmentum
Cum aceto fel cruentum
Degustante Messya!
O salubre sacramentum,
Quod nos ponit in jumentum
Plagis nostris dans unguentum
Ille se
Ille alter Elyseus,
Reputatus homo
Suscitavit homo-Deus
Sunamitis puerum.
Hic est gigas currens fortis
Qui, destructo lege mortis,
Ad amoena primae sortis
Ovem fert in humerum.
Vivat, regnat Deus-homo,
Trahens orco lapsum pomo;
Coelo tractus gaudet homo
Denum complens numerum.
Patris mater, meta vatum,
Ora Patrem, jube natum,
Nos ut ducat ad hunc statum
Plenum pace, gloria,
Quo refecti
Visu Dei
Cantemus Alleluia.
- Amen dicant omnia!
-----
I. CHRISTMAS
[Latin]
The Creator, not by nature
But by might, becomes a creature,
That with glory the Creator
May His creature once more crown.
Presaged in the prophets' pages,
He, Who of no place or age is,
Enters on our life's brief stages,
Not relinquishing His own.
Virgin still, the creature giveth
Birth to Him through Whom she liveth;
Maiden's womb her spouse conceiveth;
Daughter's breasts her father feed.
Nature's law no instance knoweth
Of such birth as this one showeth;
And, since it all law o'erthroweth,
Nature trembles at the deed.
Heaven to earth hath condescended;
Man is with the Godhead blended,
And the Man-God is attended
By celestial ministry.
That, as priest, is consecrated
Heaven's king, is demonstrated;
Peace on earth is promulgated;
Glory unto God on high!
Ask'st thou why? how? this beginneth.
Why? because mankind first sinneth;
How? God's just will then combineth
With His grace to break sin's thrall.
O how sweet their blended savour,
Changing into spiced wine's flavour,
When Christ tasted, man to favour,
Bitter vinegar and gall!
O dread mystery, soul-reviving!
When
Sets, for wounds a balm contriving,
On His own beast those that fall!
He, Elisha's true successor,
God-man, counted a transgressor,
To the Shunamite, to bless her,
Hath restored her son again.
As a giant runs He joying,
Who, His shoulder's strength employing,
Bears His sheep, Death's law destroying,
Back to primal joys of men.
Ad God-man He lives and reigneth,
And lost man from hell restraineth;
Man with joy heaven's realms obtaineth,
Filling up its orders ten.
Heaven's Sire's mother, goal of sages!
Pray that Father through all ages,
Tell thy Son to point our stages
To where peace and glory reign;
Till there, being
Braced, God seeing,
Lift we Alleluia's strain,
Let creation say “Amen!”
-----
INDEX
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