Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Christmas Lauds: Gaude, virgo: Peter Abelard




Christmas Lauds: Gaude, virgo: Peter Abelard 

Gaude, virgo,
   virginum gloria,
matrum decus
   et mater, iubila,
quae commune
   sanctorum omnium
meruisti
   conferre gaudium.
           
Patriarchis
    sanctis ac regibus
te filiam
    promisit Dominus.
Te figurant
   legis aenigmata;
prophetarum
   canunt oracula.
           
Te requirunt
   vota fidelium,
ad te corda
   suspirant omnium.
Tu spes nostra
   post Deum unica
advocata
   nobis es posita.

Ad iudicis
   matrem confugiunt,
qui iudicis
   iram effugiunt.
Supplicare
   pro eis cogitur,
quae pro reis
   mater efficitur.

Pia mater,
   pietas filius;
ad hoc gignit,
   ad hoc est genitus,
ut salventur
   servi per gratiam
quam exhibet
   haec dies maximam.

In excelsis
   sit Deo gloria,
pacis nobis
   in terris foedera.
Quam super his
   voces angelicae
decantasse
   noscuntur hodie.

Ad iudicis
   matrem confugiunt,
qui iudicis
   iram effugiunt.
Supplicare
   pro eis cogitur,
quae pro reis
   mater efficitur.

Pia mater,
   pietas filius;
ad hoc gignit,
   ad hoc est genitus,
ut salventur
   servi per gratiam
quam exhibet
   haec dies maximam.

In excelsis
   sit Deo gloria,
pacis nobis
   in terris foedera.
Quam super his
   voces angelicae
decantasse
   noscuntur hodie.

Rejoice, O Virgin, glory of virgins, pride of mothers, you, a mother yourself, be glad, in common with all the saints, you were worthy to confer joy. To holy patriarchs and kings, the Lord promised you as daughter. The riddles of the law prefigured you, the predictions of the prophets said of you. The prayers of the faithful seek you out, the hearts of all sigh to you. You our only hope after God, you were ordained to be our advocate. They flee to the Judge’s mother, who flee the anger of the Judge. She is compelled to pray for them, she who has been made the mother of the guilty. Loving Mother, your Son is love; for this she gave birth, for this he was born, that slaves be delivered through grace, which this day displays.  Glory to God in the highest, a covenant of peace to us on earth, which today they know, as the voices of the angels sing over them.

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