Vesperas I & Laudes:
Prudentius
Quicúmque
Christum quæritis,
óculos
in altum tóllite:
illic
licébit vísere
signum
perénnis glóriæ.
Hæc
stella, quæ solis rotam
vincit
decóre ac lúmine,
venísse
terris núntiat
cum
carne terréstri Deum.
En,
Pérsici ex orbis sinu,
sol
unde sumit iánuam,
cernunt
períti intérpretes
regále
vexíllum magi.
«Quis
iste tantus — ínquiunt —
regnátor
astris ímperans,
quem
sic tremunt cæléstia,
cui
lux et æthra insérviunt?
Illústre
quiddam cérnimus
quod
nésciat finem pati,
sublíme,
celsum, intérminum,
antíquius
cælo et chao.
Hic
ille rex est géntium
populíque
rex Iudáici,
promíssus
Abrahæ patri
eiúsque
in ævum sémini».
Iesu,
tibi sit glória,
qui
te revélas géntibus,
cum
Patre et almo Spíritu,
in
sempitérna sæcula. Amen.
All
you who seek Christ, raise your eyes to the sky, there you will see a sign of
eternal glory. This star, which in beauty and light triumphs over the rotation
of the sun, proclaims to earth that God has come with earthly flesh. Look,
Persians come from the part of earth where the sun makes its entrance, the Magi
skilled in interpreting signs come to find the banner of the King. They ask
“where is such a great Ruler of the stars who commands that the heavens tremble
before him, whom the light and sky obey? The
brightness we found will know no end: the most high, heavenly, infinite, older
than heaven and the formless void. This is the King of the nations, the King of
the Jews, to Father Abraham and his seed
forever. O Jesus, to you be glory, you who revealed yourself to the Gentiles,
with the Father and loving Spirit for eternal ages. Amen.
Ad Officium lectionis:
Prudentius
Magi
vidéntes párvulum
eóa
promunt múnera,
stratíque
votis ófferunt
tus,
myrrham et aurum régium.
Agnósce
clara insígnia
virtútis
ac regni tui,
Puer,
cui trinam Pater
prædestinávit
índolem:
Regem
Deúmque annúntiant
thesáurus
et fragrans odor
turis
Sabæi, at mýrrheus
pulvis
sepúlcrum prædocet.
O
sola magnárum úrbium
maior
Bethlem, cui cóntigit
ducem
salútis cælitus
incorporátum
gígnere!
Hunc
et prophétis téstibus
îsdémque
signatóribus
testátor
et sator iubet
adíre
regnum et cérnere:
Regnum
quod ambit ómnia
dia
et marína et térrea
a
solis ortu ad éxitum
et
tártara et cælum supra.
Iesu,
tibi sit glória,
qui
te revélas géntibus,
cum
Patre et almo Spíritu,
in
sempitérna sæcula. Amen.
The Magi seeing the baby present him with gifts
from the East, prostrate they offer prayers incense, myrrh and gold fit for
kings. Child, recognize these clear signs of your power and your kingdom, to
you the Father predestined a threefold nature. The treasure of gold and the fragrant smell of the incense of Sheba proclaim you King and God, while the
myrrh dust foretells the tomb. Bethlehem, greater than all great cities, where
the Captain of heavenly salvation took flesh and was born. Here in accord with prophetic testimony and
witness the Father and Testator commands that the kingdom come and be seen. A kingdom which encompasses all things,
divinity, sea and earth from the rising of the sun to its setting both the
underworld and the heaven above. O
Jesus, to you be glory, you who revealed yourself to the Gentiles, with the
Father and loving Spirit for eternal ages. Amen.
Vesperas
II: Sedulius
Hostis
Heródes ímpie,
Christum
veníre quid times?
Non
éripit mortália
qui
regna dat cæléstia.
Ibant
magi, qua vénerant
stellam
sequéntes præviam,
lumen
requírunt lúmine,
Deum
faténtur múnere.
Lavácra
puri gúrgitis
cæléstis
Agnus áttigit;
peccáta
quæ non détulit
nos
abluéndo sústulit.
Novum
genus poténtiæ:
aquæ
rubéscunt hýdriæ,
vinúmque
iussa fúndere
mutávit
unda oríginem.
Iesu,
tibi sit glória,
qui
te revélas géntibus,
cum
Patre et almo Spíritu,
in
sempitérna sæcula. Amen.
Why, O impious Herod, do you fear the coming of
Christ? He who gives a heavenly kingdom does not usurp mortal ones. Following
the lead of the star, the Magi came to worship, by light they seek light, by
their gifts they profess him to be God. The heavenly Lamb touched Jordan’s
cleansing waters; by his washing he washed us from sins that were not his own.
A new type of power: the water in the jars becomes red and by his command wine
flows out, its nature transformed. O Jesus, to you be glory, you who revealed
yourself to the Gentiles, with the Father and loving Spirit for eternal ages.
Amen
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