Hymnus ad Sextam in Quadragesima

 

In tota Quadragesima feriabilis diebus canatur  . . . ad sextam, ‘meridie orandum est’

Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham

Wincester Hymnal: ferias in Lent; Canterbury and Durham Hymnal: daily in Lent.

YMNUS AD SEXTAM

MERIDIE ORANDUM EST

Christusque deprecandus est,

ut iubeat nos edere

de suo sancto corpore,

ut ille sit laudabilis

in universis populis,

ipse celorum dominus,

qui sedet in altissimis,

detque nobis auxilium

per angelos mirabiles,

qui semper nos custodiant

in omni vita seculi,

             

Gloria tibi, trinitas

Prayer must be made at noonday and we must ask Christ that he command us to eat of his holy body, that he be praised among all peoples, He, the Lord of heaven, who is enthroned in the highest, and that he give us help through his wondrous angels, who for ever guard us in whole  life  of the world.